DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1627Z September 27, 2021
SMOKE:
Southwestern/Central U.S., and Mexico/Pacific...
The KNP Complex fire in the Sequoia National Park of southern California
continued to produce moderate to thick smoke plumes extending from the
Pacific off the U.S. west coast inland and covers the western U.S.,
northern Mexico and continues inland where it is probably combining
with smoke from recent seasonal burning ending around Missouri. A large
area of moderate to heavy density smoke covered much of California and
extends northeast over most of Nevada and also travels to the southwest
approximately 540 miles over the Pacific Ocean. Several wildfires were
also observed over central Idaho and central-southern Montana producing
light to locally moderate smoke progressing mostly to the northeast.
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