DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1510Z 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 from the Rockies through much of the
central and eastern 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. Another area of moderate to high
density smoke was seen closer to the ongoing wildfires over California.
Well offshore the Southeast US Coast, an area of light density smoke was
seen over the North Central Atlantic Ocean extending west towards Bermuda.
Further to the east, an area of moderate density smoke was seen well
offshore Europe and extending south over the Northeast Atlantic Ocean.
Hanna
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