DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z October 10, 2020
SMOKE:
United States, Northern Mexico, Southern and Eastern Canada, Eastern
Pacific, Western Atlantic...
Widespread smoke from the ongoing wildfires in the western U.S. continues
to blanket large areas in the U.S. and stretches from the eastern Pacific
Ocean to the Western Atlantic Ocean. Areas of the U.S. were no smoke
is observed; the central area where Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New
Mexico meet due to surrounding mountain ranges. A Large storm system
covers the northwest U.S. from northern California through Oregon and
Washington. Additionally Tropical Depression Delta obscures the Tennessee
Valley, most of the East coast, all of the southeast coast and portions
of the Mississippi Valley. Wildfires in central California have produced
several bands of high density smoke in central California and a large area
of medium density smoke from central California to southern California
that extends east into southwest Nevada and southwest Arizona. A large
area of medium density smoke attributed to the wildfires in the Western
U.S. as well as northern Colorado and southern Wyoming is visible
covering most of Idaho and Montana extending north into southern Canada
and stretching south of southeast through the central plains ending
at the Texas/Oklahoma boarder. A high density band of smoke is also
observed in northern Montana and just edges into northern Canada. Light
Density smokes covers northern Mexico extending west into the eastern
Pacific Ocean off the Mexican coast, south central Canada, and areas in
the U.S. from the central U.S. to the western U.S.. The light density
smoke can be seen moving north of Tropical Depression Delta across a
portion of the northern us from Iowa and northern Missouri through the
northeast coast of the U.S. and into the Western Atlantic extending as
far east as Newfoundland.
DUST:
Saharan dust is still visible over the eastern Atlantic off the western
coast of Africa.
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