Thursday, October 1, 2020

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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.