DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0015Z September 7, 2021
SMOKE:
Conterminous U.S./Eastern Saskatchewan/Manitoba ...
Smoke is observed across a large portion of the Conterminous U.S. with the
exception of Southern California, Central-Southern Arizona and New Mexico,
Central-Southern Florida, a narrow strip west of the Appalachians, and
New England. Heavy-density smoke is seen covering Northern California,
Oregon, Northern Nevada and Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, the Dakotas,
and Northern Nebraska. Moderate-density smoke extends eastward into
Minnesota, Iowa, Northwestern Missouri, Kansas, and Central-Northern
Nebraska, Colorado and Utah, in addition to Eastern Saskatchewan and
Manitoba. Small plumes of moderate-density smoke are seen along the Lower
Mississippi where multiple agricultural fires were observed during the
afternoon hours. Lighter smoke continues to the north over the Great
Lakes, and to the south toward the Southern Great Plains and Northern
Gulf of Mexico, and further to the east over the Southeastern and Eastern
U.S., reaching the Northwestern Atlantic. The moderate-to-heavy smoke
along the Northern U.S. is moving east toward the Great Lakes region,
while the lighter smoke along the Southeastern and Eastern U.S. travels
northeastward and over the Atlantic.
DUST:
Central Caribbean...
An area of light density Saharan dust was observed over parts of the
Central Caribbean Sea including Hispaniola, Jamaica and Cuba. Light
density Saharan dust was also observed north of Hispaniola and Puerto
Rico. The dust is largely stagnant.
WS
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