DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800z October 1, 2020
SMOKE: California/Pacific NW/Western Canada/Northeast Pacific... Wildfires throughout central and northern California continue to produce a large area of smoke that extends from California north through the entire West Coast and over the Pacific Northwest the smoke extended east into the Northern Rockies. The moderate density smoke within this plume was inland over California extending north northwest up the Pacific Coast into western Oregon, southwest Washington, and most of Idaho. Front Range/Central Plains/Southern Plains.. Wildfires ongoing over southeastern Wyoming and north central Colorado were producing a large area of light to localized moderate density smoke that was extending from the Central and Southern Plains northwest through eastern Colorado and southeastern Wyoming. Remnant moderate to high density smoke from these fires was seen moving southeast into the lower Mississippi River region, then east across the southeast U.S., and finally northeast across the east coast eventually reaching the Atlantic Ocean. North Atlantic... A large area of light density smoke from the western United States wildfires was extending from offshore western Europe back to the west towards Newfoundland. Rodriguez 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