DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1740Z September 13, 2021
SMOKE:
Atlantic...
A large light density plume from ongoing wildfires in the Western U.S.
was detected off the Mid-Atlantic coast to just south of Newfoundland
to not far southwest of Iceland. The plume becomes moderate and heavy
density starting at the Mid-Atlantic coast to south of Nova Scotia.
Continental U.S./Canada/Mexico/Pacific...
A very large thin density, mostly detached plume covers a large part
of the eastern 2/3rds of the U.S., a small part of south-central and
southeastern Canada, northwestern Mexico, and over the open Pacific
extending several hundred miles west-southwest of Baja California.
Within this thin density plume, a moderate density plume was found
extending from Kansas/Oklahoma, through the Midwest and Lower Great
Lakes region, into the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys, and to the
Mid-Atlantic. Within this moderate density plume, a thick density
plume was detected across parts of Kansas/Oklahoma, parts of the
Midwest, and most of the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic.
Western U.S. ...
Intense wildfires continue across northern and central California
with smaller fires over the Pacific Northwest. A large detached thin
plume from these wildfires covers the Northern Plains and parts of
the Northern Rockies. Also detected were smaller thin to heavy plumes
associated with two large wildfires complexes, one over northwestern
California and another in the San Joaquin Valley.
Konon
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