DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0136Z September 24, 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 parts of Nevada/Utah/Arizona, northern Mexico, and continues
northeast covering the central plains. An area of moderate to heavy
density smoke covered most of California and extends into the Pacific
Ocean and east over parts of Nevada/Utah/Arizona and a thinner band
continues northeastward as well.
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 and Nova Scotia. The plume was of thin density except for a
moderate density pocket in the Atlantic.
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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