Tuesday, October 5, 2021

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0118Z October 6, 2021

SMOKE:
U.S./Southern Canada/Northern Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/The Pacific off
California and Mexico Coastline...
Areas of smoke due primarily to ongoing wildfires in east central
California, Idaho, western Montana, and eastern Saskatchewan covered
sizable portions of the U.S. and southern Canada today. In particular,
a band of moderate smoke with some thick density smoke patches was seen
stretching from central California to the northeast over the northern
Rockies to central and eastern Montana. From there, the thicker band of
smoke extended to the northeast and east across southern Canada from
central and southern Saskatchewan eastward to southern Hudson Bay and
western Quebec. The thicker smoke which stretched from central California
to eastern Oregon and Idaho was due mainly to the larger wildfires burning
in the southern Sierras of east central California while some of the more
significant smoke across Montana and into Saskatchewan was due to the
wildfires in Idaho and western Montana as well as from the California
fires. Finally, farther to the north and east, the thicker smoke across
south central and southeastern Canada was likely mainly from the larger
wildfires in eastern Saskatchewan though some contribution from the Idaho,
western Montana, and California fires may also be present.

Extensive cloud cover over much of the Lower 48 and Canada precluded
further visual smoke analysis.

DUST:
Atlantic…
The area of Saharan dust which had been over a portion of the Caribbean
region appears to have shifted north of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola.

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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.