DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z August 31, 2021
SMOKE:
Western U.S./Central Rocky Mountains and Great Plains...
Widespread wildfire activity in the Western and Northwestern U.S. as well
as Southern British Columbia has resulted in a large region of moderate
to thick density smoke seen in the most recent GOES visible satellite
imagery. Thick smoke from both the Dixie and Caldor wildfire complexes
as well as other large wildfire complexes in Northern California,
Western Oregon, and Southern Washington has produced a broad region of
thick density smoke observed over most of these regions. Thick smoke
was seen progressing eastward and northeastward from large complex
fires over Northern California, Southern Oregon, Southern/Central Idaho,
Northern/Central Nevada, most of Utah, Southern Montana, most of Colorado,
most of Nebraska, and most of Wyoming. Light to moderate density smoke
attributed to smoke transport from Western U.S. wildfire activity was
observed over the Central Plains extending eastward into the Lower Midwest
over Northern Illinois/Indiana to the north of the Ida this evening.
Northern Great Lakes and Canada including Manitoba, Ontario, and Southern
Quebec...
Wildfires in west-central Manitoba were observed emitting moderate to
thick density smoke extending southeast across the province. Light
density smoke was observed over the remainder of Manitoba, as well
as the southwestern Hudson Bay area and much of northwestern Ontario
earlier today. Light to moderate density smoke was also observed over the
Northern Great Lakes including most of Northern Upper Michigan. Light
to moderate density smoke was observed over a large region of Southern
Ontario and Southern Quebec progressing around a weather system over
Quebec this evening.
Southwestern Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche...
Light to moderate density smoke from offshore drilling platforms was
observed over a large region of the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico including
most of the Western Bay of Campeche in this evening’s GOES visible
satellite imagery.
DUST:
Central Caribbean/Southeastern Gulf of Mexico/Western Atlantic...
A large region of light to moderate density Saharan dust was observed
over most of the Caribbean Sea from Puerto Rico, over Hispaniola, Cuba,
Jamaica, and large regions of the western Caribbean Sea. Saharan dust
was seen as well to the south just north of the South American coast and
just east of Central America. Saharan dust was also observed over parts
of the Southeastern Gulf of Mexico and parts of the Western Atlantic
including the Southern Bahamas. Thick density Saharan dust was observed
over parts of the Eastern and Central Tropical Atlantic 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