DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0140Z September 27, 2021
SMOKE:
California/western U.S./Baja California/Pacific…
The KNP Complex fire in the Sequoia National Park of southern
California continued to burn vigorously during the afternoon and
evening hours. Moderate-to-thick smoke plumes were dispersing primarily
westward across the San Joaquin Valley, reaching the coastal areas from
Monterey to Santa Maria and advancing southwestward for approximately
600 miles over the Pacific Ocean. Light-to-moderate smoke was spiraling
counterclockwise over the Pacific reaching areas to the south in northern
Baja California. Several wildfires were also observed over central Idaho
and central-southern Montana producing light to locally moderate smoke
progressing mostly to the northeast.
Mississippi Valley…
An area of predominantly light density smoke was observed traveling
northeast from Arkansas, across the Mississippi Valley, and into
Tennessee, Kentucky, and Illinois.
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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