DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z September 2, 2021
SMOKE: Western and Northwestern U.S./Rocky Mountains/Great Plains/Northeastern CONUS/Central Canada/Pacific/Gulf of Mexico... Widespread wildfire activity throughout the Western CONUS was observed emitting moderate to thick density smoke. Smoke from wildfire activity in Western Oregon was moving south-southwestward, while most smoke from Northern California wildfire activity including the Dixie and Caldor wildfire complexes was observed moving northeast towards and over Nevada. Smoke from Northwestern California wildfires was observed progressing out over the Pacific and southward towards San Francisco. Moderate to thick density smoke was moving east-northeast out across the Great Basin and Intermountain West then northward into Central Canada. Moderate to thick density smoke was also observed progressing southeastward over the Northern,Central, and part of the Southern Plains, as well as over the Mid Mississippi Valley. Light to moderate density smoke was observed over the southeastern U.S. as well as parts of the North Gulf of Mexico and over most of Texas. Smoke from wildfire activity in East-Central Saskatchewan and Central Manitoba was observed moving through Canada, however cloud cover from a weather system in the area made the smoke analysis difficult in this region. Thick smoke was also observed from wildfire activity in the Northwestern U.S. including fire activity in Idaho and Washington. Thick density smoke continues to be observed from Western U.S. wildfire activity progressing over a large region of the CONUS 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 coastal South Texas earlier today. Light to moderate density smoke continues to be observed over parts of the Southwestern and Western Gulf of Mexico as well as over parts of coastal Southern and Eastern Mexico this evening. DUST: Tropical and Western Atlantic/Western Caribbean/Gulf of Mexico/South Florida... A large region of light to moderate density Saharan dust was observed over parts of the Western Caribbean Sea to the south of Cuba as well as over parts of the Southern Gulf of Mexico. Light to moderate density Saharan dust was also observed over parts of South Florida as well as over parts of the Western Atlantic offshore from the Southeastern U.S. A large region of light to moderate density Saharan dust was also observed over the Eastern/Central Tropical Atlantic to the north of Tropical Storm Larry 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) ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO: SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov