DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1510Z September 15, 2021

SMOKE:
East Coast of the United States to Southeast Canada….
A large area of smoke from the wildfires in the western United States was
extending from portions of the northern Caribbean Sea north into South
Carolina and North Carolina and then extending northeast up the East
Coast of the United States and into southeastern Canada.  Within this
area of smoke, an area of moderate to high density smoke was seen along
coastal portions of New England and southeastern Canada and then extending
southwest into the Northwest Atlantic Ocean.

Central and Southwestern United States….
An area of mostly light density smoke from the western United States fires
extended over much of the Northern, Central and Southern Plains states and
then west into the portions of New Mexico, Arizona and northern Mexico.

Western United States….
An area of smoke, from the fire activity over California and Oregon, was
extending through central and northern California into southern Oregon
and then extending northeast into northern Nevada and southern Oregon.
Within this area of smoke, moderate density smoke was seen extending
through central and northern California and then extending northeast
into southeast Oregon.

DUST:
Tropical Atlantic Ocean….
An area of Saharan dust was seen over portions of the Tropical Atlantic
Ocean extending west towards the eastern Caribbean Islands.

Hanna


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.