DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1530Z October 8, 2021
SMOKE:
Central and Northern Canada and Northern Plains of the United States….
A large area of light to moderate density smoke, mostly from the fire
activity now ongoing over east central Saskatchewan, was extending
over much of central and northern Canada southwest through northern
Manitoba over much of Saskatchewan the southern portions of Manitoba
and into portions of North Dakota. Within this larger area of smoke,
an area of moderate density smoke was seen over southern Manitoba,
southeastern Saskatchewan and northern North Dakota.
Central and Eastern United States….
An area of light density smoke, that likely was attributed to
yesterday’s fire activity over south central Canada, including the fire
over east central Saskatchewan, and also from fire activity over the
Central United States, was seen extending from portions of the eastern
Midwest region southwest towards the western Gulf Coast States from
northern Mississippi to northeastern Texas and then extending northwest
to the Northern Plains.
Northeast United States and Eastern Canada….
An axis of mostly light density smoke was seen extending from the north
central Atlantic Ocean west and northwest into portions of the far
northeastern United States, southeastern Canada and into western Quebec.
DUST:
Central Atlantic Ocean, Eastern Atlantic Ocean and eastern Caribbean
Sea….
A large area of Saharan dust was extending over much of the eastern and
central Atlantic Ocean through the eastern Caribbean Islands and into
the eastern Caribbean Sea.
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