DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1653Z September 26, 2021
SMOKE: Southwestern/Central U.S., and 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 Pacific off the U.S. west coast inland and covers the western U.S. and northern Mexico. A large area of moderate to heavy density smoke covered much of California and extends northeast through Nevada and ending around Idaho. The moderate to heavy density smoke also travels to the southwest approximately 600 miles over the Pacific Ocean. 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. 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