DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z August 17, 2021
SMOKE:
Eastern Canada/Western Atlantic Ocean...
Smoke transport from widespread wildfire activity over parts of the
Western and Northwestern U.S. as well as fire activity in Southern Canada
including Southern Ontario has resulted in large regions of light to
moderate density smoke. Smoke was observed over a large region of Eastern
Canada including most of Quebec to the east and south of Newfoundland
over parts of the Western Atlantic Ocean this evening.
North and Central U.S./Southern Central Canada...
Smoke transport from widespread wildfire activity over parts of the
Western and Northwestern U.S. has resulted in a broad region of moderate
to thick density smoke observed over most of the Northern and Central
U.S. Smoke from wildfire activity in Southern British Columbia and the
Western U.S. has resulted in thick density smoke being observed over
a large region of South Central Canada including Southern Alberta,
Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Southern Ontario this evening.
Western and Northwestern U.S./Northern and Central Rockies/Pacific
Ocean...
Thick density smoke from the Dixie wildfire complex as well as from
other large complex fires in Northern California, West Central Oregon,
Southern Washington, and the Northwestern U.S. has resulted in a broad
region of thick density smoke. Thick smoke was observed over Northern
and Central California, as well as over Eastern Washington, Southern
and Eastern Oregon, Northern Nevada, most of the Northern and Central
Rockies, and parts of the Southwest U.S. Light to moderate density
smoke was observed over most of the Western U.S. as well as offshore
from California over the Pacific this evening.
Northern Pacific Ocean to the South of Alaska...
A large region of light to moderate density smoke was observed to the
south of Alaska over parts of the Northern Pacific this evening.
Southern Gulf of Mexico including the Bay of Campeche...
Moderate to thick density smoke from offshore drilling platforms was
observed over a small region of the Bay of Campeche this evening.
DUST:
Eastern Caribbean/Central and Eastern Tropical Atlantic...
A large region of Saharan dust was observed over the Eastern and Central
Tropical Atlantic as well as to the west with light density Saharan dust
over the Eastern Caribbean including the Lesser Antilles. Moderate to
thick density Saharan dust was observed to the southeast of the Lesser
Antilles Eastern Caribbean region this evening.
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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