DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0140Z September 26, 2020
SMOKE:
Western, Central and Northern United States, Northern Mexico, Western
Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic...
The wildfires over the Western United States continue to produce a large
area of smoke that extends over much of the United States through southern
Ontario and Quebec and then offshore into the North Atlantic Ocean.
Within this large area of smoke, an area of moderate to high density
smoke was seen from the Upper Midwest through the Central Plains to the
Central Rockies. Another area of moderate to high density smoke was seen
closer to the ongoing wildfires over California. In the western Atlantic
Ocean, an area of light density smoke was extending from Bermuda south
to the Southwest Atlantic Ocean. Further to the east, an area of light
density smoke was seen well offshore western Europe.
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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