DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2355Z September 2, 2021

SMOKE:
Central-Western U.S./Southeastern Manitoba/Western Ontario...
A large area of light-to-moderate density smoke extends eastward from
northern California and Oregon, passing through Idaho, Nevada, Utah,
Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, and covering most of the Great Plains,
and continuing from there further to the south toward coastal Texas
and Louisiana and into the northern Gulf of Mexico, and to the north
toward southeastern Manitoba, western Ontario and into the Hudson
Bay. Pockets of heavy density smoke are seen across northern California
and western Oregon where multiple wildfires continue to burn, dispersing
northeastward through northern Nevada, central-southern Idaho and Montana,
central-northern Wyoming and western Montana. Additional areas of higher
smoke concentration are seen along northeastern Manitoba and northwestern
Ontario, and also over parts of eastern Oklahoma, western Arkansas,
and northeastern Texas.


DUST:
Central-eastern Gulf of Mexico/Cuba/Northwestern Caribbean Sea...
An unusually large area of moderate density Saharan dust could be seen
covering the central-eastern Gulf of Mexico, Cuba and the northwestern
Caribbean Sea.

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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

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.