DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500 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 light to moderate density smoke. Smoke from wildfire activity in western Oregon was moving south-southwestward, while most smoke from other northwestern California and fire activity from the Dixie and Caldor wildfire complexes was observed moving east and northeast. Mainly light density smoke was moving east-northeast out across the Great Basin and Intermountain West then northward into Canada and south-southeastward over the Northern/Central Plains, Mid Mississippi Valley, and across the southeast U.S. 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. South Texas/Southern and Eastern Mexico/Southwestern/Western Gulf of Mexico... Light density smoke from offshore drilling platforms was observed over of coastal South Texas DUST: Tropical Atlantic/Caribbean/Gulf of Mexico... A large region of thin density Saharan Dust was observed extending westward towards Rodriguez 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