DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1520Z October 4, 2021
SMOKE:
Central and North Central Canada, Northern Plains and Northern Rockies….
A large area of smoke, with contributions from ongoing fires over east
central Saskatchewan and over western Montana, was extending from north
central Canada south into western Ontario, eastern and southern Manitoba
and into east central Saskatchewan and also extending south into the
Northern Plains and Northern Rockies of the United States. Within this
area of smoke, moderate to high density smoke was extending from western
Ontario, eastern and southern Manitoba, east central Saskatchewan south
into Minnesota.
Central United States south towards the north central Gulf of Mexico
and into southern Texas….
An area of thin smoke with likely contributions from the fire activity
over western Montana and over California, was extending from Illinois
and eastern Iowa south to the north central Gulf of Mexico coastal areas
and then west through southern Texas and into eastern New Mexico.
California, Nevada, Idaho and Oregon….
Fire activity over the central and southern Sierras in California was
producing an area of moderate to high density smoke that extended from
northern Nevada into most of central California. An area of lighter
density smoke extended from southwest Idaho through northern Nevada,
southern Oregon central and northern California and into the offshore
Pacific Ocean.
DUST:
Eastern Caribbean/Central and Eastern Atlantic…
A large area of Saharan dust was seen covering much of the eastern
and central Atlantic Ocean and then extending west through the eastern
Caribbean Islands and into the central Caribbean.
Hanna
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