Friday, September 24, 2021

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0110Z September 25, 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 over the central plains where it combines with
residual smoke from recent heavy agricultural burning in the southeast
and the Mississippi Valley then ending in Ohio. 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.

Eastern U.S. and Canada/Atlantic...
A detached light density 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

 


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.