DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0045Z September 6, 2021
SMOKE:
Northwestern, Northern and Midwestern U.S. ...
A large plume originating primarily from wildfires in northern
California, Oregon and Washington is seen covering those three states
while extending eastward into Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Montana, Wyoming,
northern Colorado, in addition to the entire Midwestern U.S. Heavy smoke
impacts northern California, Oregon and eastern Washington, northern
Nevada, Idaho, central-southern Montana and Wyoming, in addition to a
smaller pocket covering eastern Nebraska and Kansas, and southwestern
Iowa and northwestern Missouri. The smoke is traveling predominantly
toward the east in the general direction of New England.
Lower Mississippi...
An area of light-density smoke linked to numerous agricultural fires
is seen covering the Lower Mississippi south of Memphis and into the
northern Gulf of Mexico.
Northwestern Atlantic...
A patch of smoke from previous days fire activity in the western U.S. is
observed traveling eastward off the coast of New England and Newfoundland.
DUST:
Eastern Caribbean...
An area of light-density Saharan dust is traveling westward across the
eastern Caribbean affecting Hispaniola and the Atlantic waters just
north of it.
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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