DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0145Z September 4, 2021
SMOKE:
Western and Central U.S./South Central and Northeastern Canada/Pacific
Ocean...
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,
western Oregon, western Washington, and central Idaho, where multiple
wildfires continue to burn, dispersing northeastward through northern
Nevada, central-southern Idaho, Montana, central-northern Wyoming,
Montana, the Dakotas, and Nebraska.
DUST:
Central-eastern Gulf of Mexico/Cuba/Northwestern Caribbean Sea...
A large area of light to moderate density Saharan dust was observed
over 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