DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1720z October 2, 2020
SMOKE:
United States, Southwest Canada, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean….
Large wildfires continue to rage in California, Texas, and on the
Colorado/Wyoming border. An area of dense smoke was observed over
Northern California running South to Central California. A large
area of moderate smoke covers most of California, Western Oregon, and
Southern Washington. A second moderate density smoke band is observed in
Northern Idaho running West across Northern Washington, and southwestern
Canada. Light Density smoke covers most of California and Oregon, all
of Washington and Southwestern Canada. In the Central United states a
moderate density area of smoke is observed over Northern Texas, Western
Oklahoma, Eastern Colorado, Northwestern New Mexico, Southern Kansas,
and Southwestern Oklahoma. Lighter Density smoke can be seen in Northern
Texas, most of Oklahoma, Central and Eastern Colorado, Northwestern New
Mexico, Southern Kansas, and Southwestern Oklahoma. A band of moderately
dense smoke is also observed across Northern Florida, Southern Georgia,
Southern Alabama, Southern South Carolina, and Southern North Carolina. An
area of light density smoke is observed in Central Texas, Southern
Louisiana, Southern Mississippi, Northern Florida, Southern Georgia,
Southern Alabama, Southern South Carolina, Southern North Carolina,
extending South into the Gulf of Mexico and East into the Atlantic Ocean.
DUST:
Tropical Atlantic Ocean, Southwest Atlantic Ocean, northeastern Caribbean
Sea….
An area of Saharan dust was extending from the eastern Tropical Atlantic
Ocean west through the Tropical Atlantic and into the southwest North
Atlantic Ocean and the northeastern Caribbean Islands and northeast
Caribbean Sea.
Eglin
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