DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1636Z September 21, 2021
SMOKE:
California, Southwestern/south-central U.S./Mexico/Pacific...
An area of mostly light density smoke primarily due to the ongoing
wildfires burning in the western U.S. continued to be seen today extending
from the far eastern Pacific off the U.S. west coast inland and to the
east over the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico to Oklahoma were
it runs into cloud cover. An area of moderate to heavy density smoke
covered most of California and extends into the Pacific Ocean.
Eastern U.S. and Canada/Atlantic...
A detached plume left over from the western U.S. wildfires was detected
over the Northeastern U.S. and extended over parts of the northwestern
Atlantic, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland. The plume was of thin density
except for a large moderate density pocket along the eastern coast
of Canada.
Eglin
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