DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z August 9, 2021

SMOKE:
U.S/Canada...
The expansive area of varying density smoke remained this morning. The
smoke is attributed to significant wildfire activity in central, south
central, and southwestern Canada, along with the northwestern and western
CONUS. Smoke continues to be observed covering an area extending from
the Pacific Northwest into and across almost all of Canada, where the
fire activity in east-central Manitoba and western Ontario adds to
the area of smoke. Following a ridge, light smoke covers the NW US,
much of Canada and the high plains of the US before diving down over
the Midwestern US, Mississippi valley, Great Lakes and continues east
across the Ohio Valley, southeastern US, and mid-Atlantic region where
it exited into the western Atlantic. Light smoke extended northeast in
the Atlantic Ocean off of a majority of the east coast and moving all
the way towards the coast of Newfoundland. Medium density smoke covered
most of the northern U.S. and southern Canada. A very large amount of
dense smoke was also observed from northwestern U.S. and extended to
the east over the central U.S. and southern Canada.


DUST:
Puerto Rico/Eastern and Southeastern Caribbean…
A thin layer of Saharan dust was visible over the central and eastern
portions of the Caribbean Sea and continued to move to the west.

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

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.