DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0125Z October 5, 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 parts of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan,
and extends 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 Saskatchewan, trough Manitoba, the Hudson Bay,over
most of Ontario, and 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.
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 covered most
of California into Nevada and moves north ending where Oregon and Idaho
meet. An area of lighter density smoke extended from Idaho through Nevada,
Oregon, most of California, the Pacific Ocean, and north through Montana
where it meets the smoke in southern Canada
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.
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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