DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z October 13, 2020
SMOKE:
U.S., Eastern Pacific, Eastern Canada/Maine/Canadian Maritimes, Western
Atlantic, and northern Mexico.
While smoke remains over portions of North America it is much less then
we have observed over the last month. Smoke from primarily the ongoing
central California wildfires has produced small bands of high density
smoke in central California, and southeastern Nevada that extends into
Southwestern Utah just edging into the northeastern Arizona. Surrounding
these band is a larger area of Medium density smoke extending from central
California, through southern Nevada and extends into Southwestern Utah,
and northeastern Arizona. An area of light density smoke extends from
northern to southern California, through the southern U.S., northern
Mexico, northern Gulf of Mexico, and through northern Florida edging into
the western Atlantic Ocean of the northern coast of Florida. Another
small band of light smoke can be seen extending into the Pacific Ocean
off the coast of southern California. A large storm system remains over
most of the northwestern U.S. and southwestern Canada obscuring much of
the wildfire activity that has been visible in that area.
Eastern Canada/Maine/Canadian Maritimes…
A large batch of mainly thin density smoke leftover from the Western
U.S. wildfires was seen over Hudson Bay, a good part of Quebec, northern
Maine, and extending over the Canadian Maritimes and off the coast over
the far western 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