DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z September 1, 2021
SMOKE:
Western U.S./Rocky Mountains/Great Plains/Northeastern CONUS/Central
Canada..
Widespread wildfire activity throughout the western CONUS was observed
emitting moderate to thick density smoke. Smoke from wildfire activity in
western Oregon and northwestern California was moving south-southwestward,
while most smoke from other fire activity from the Dixie and Caldor
wildfire complexes was observed moving east and northeast. Moderate to
thick density smoke was moving east-northeast out across the Great Basin
and Intermountain West. Light,moderate, and thick density smoke attributed
from Western U.S. wildfire activity was observed moving northward into
Canada and south-southeastward over the Northern/Central Plains and
Mid Mississippi Valley. Smoke from wildfire activity in East-Central
Saskatchewan and Central Manitoba was observed moving through Canada and
then rounding an upper ridge over the Dakotas, moving southeastward across
the Great Lakes, and then east-northeast across the Northeast CONUS and
St. Lawrence River Valley. Smoke that was seen extending into the central
CONUS, a leftover Meso-scale Convective System was observed dragging
some light to moderate smoke across the Front Range and Central Plains
earlier today Thick density smoke continues to be observed over a large
region of the CONUS from Western U.S wildfire activity in this evening.
South Texas/Southern and Eastern Mexico/Southwestern/Western Gulf of
Mexico...
Light to moderate density smoke from offshore drilling platforms
was observed over parts of the Southwestern/Western Gulf of Mexico
including the Bay of Campeche as well as parts of coastal South Texas
and Southern/Eastern Mexico this evening.
DUST:
Tropical Atlantic/Caribbean/Gulf of Mexico...
A large region of thin density Saharan Dust was observed extending
westward from east of the Leeward Islands across the Greater Antilles,
to the northern Caribbean, the Yucatan Peninsula, and into the Gulf of
Mexico, where some of the dust is being drawn northward then northeastward
across the Florida Panhandle and into Georgia on the southeast side
of Tropical Depression Ida. Another moderate layer of Saharan Dust was
observed extending westward from the Sahara desert to over parts of the
Eastern/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)
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SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov