DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z August 18, 2021
SMOKE:
Eastern Canada/Western and Central 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 moderate to
thick density smoke. Smoke was observed over a large region of Eastern
Canada including most of Quebec. Light to moderate density smoke was
observed over parts of Western Greenland and as well over parts of the
North Central and Western Atlantic Ocean.
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 and South Eastern Canada including Southern
Alberta, Southern Saskatchewan, most of Manitoba, most of Ontario,
and into Northern and Central Quebec 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 parts of Washington, Oregon, most of Northern
Nevada, most of Idaho, most of Montana and as well over the Northern and
Central Rockies. Smoke was also observed over parts of the Southwest
U.S and as well over Southern California. Light to moderate density
smoke was observed over most of the Western U.S. as well as offshore
from California and the Northwestern U.S. over the Pacific this evening.
Southwestern and Western Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche...
A region of light to moderate density smoke likely attributed to offshore
drilling platforms was observed over parts of the Bay of Campeche,
Western, and Southwestern Gulf of Mexico this evening.
DUST:
Eastern Caribbean/Central and Eastern Tropical Atlantic...
A large region of thick Saharan dust was observed over the Eastern and
Central Tropical Atlantic Ocean. Light density Saharan dust was also
observed over the Eastern Caribbean including the Lesser Antilles with
most of the thick density Saharan dust observed to the east of this
region in this evening’s GOES visible satellite imagery.
Sambucci
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)
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SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov