DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1610Z September 24, 2020
SMOKE:
Western United States, Northern Mexico, western Gulf of Mexico, and
Northwestern Atlantic Ocean….
Despite of some reduction in wildfire emissions over the western
U.S. in the last several hours, a large area of predominantly stagnant
smoke continues to affect most of the U.S. west of the Great Plains,
and extending into Baja California, northern Mexico and the western
Gulf of Mexico. Moderate-to-heavy smoke is seen along central-northern
California, western Nevada, and southern Idaho and western Montana,
in addition to moderate smoke over southwestern Kansas and northwestern
Oklahoma. A second large plume which got separated from the main plume
above could be seen traveling eastward approximately 500 miles off the
coast of New England.
WS
THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF
SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED
FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE.
TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE
ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE
AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE
FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE:
JPEG: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg
GIS: ftp://satpsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/FIRE/HMS/GIS/
KML: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/fire.kml (fire)
http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/smoke.kml (smoke)
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO:
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov