DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z October 7, 2020
SMOKE:
U.S./Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/South Central Canada/Western Atlantic/
Eastern Pacific Ocean…
Wildfires continue to rage in the western U.S. producing widespread smoke
of varying density from the eastern Pacific Ocean to the western Atlantic
Ocean, the majority of the United States, northern Mexico, and South
Central Canada. Medium density smoke from the ongoing wildfires along
the Colorado/Wyoming boarder covers much of the central and southern
plains over the U.S., additionally moderate density smoke can be seen
from these fires in southern Wyoming, western Kansas, western Nebraska,
and western Texas. Fires in California have produced heavy density
area of smoke in central California, northern California and western
Washington. Another area of heavy smoke is is observer in southern Idaho
just edging into northeastern Nevada. Medium density smoke from these
fires are observed starting just off the coast of the eastern Pacific
Ocean and covers pars of central California and northern California,
most of Washington, southern Idaho, and a streak that runs northwest
from California through Nevada into Idaho. Light density smoke covers
the majority of the United States from the eastern Pacific Ocean to
the western Atlantic Ocean, minus Florida, the upper northeast coast,
Michigan and Wisconsin. Light density smoke also covers northern Mexico,
the Gulf of Mexico, and South Central Canada.
DUST:
Saharan dust was seen this afternoon over the eastern subtropical
Atlantic. It was moving west from the African coast over the central
Atlantic.
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