DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z 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 heavy 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 and southern Idaho. Moderate to heavy density smoke was moving
east-northeast out across the Great Basin and Intermountain West then
northward into Central Canada. The smoke was also observed progressing
southeastward over the entire Mississippi Valley. Combination of light and
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. It eventually
rounds over the GoM and heads north along the eastern coast. 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.
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.
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.
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