DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0125Z October 9, 2021
SMOKE:
Central and Northern Canada and Northern Plains of the United States...
A large area of light to heavy density smoke mostly from the fire activity
over eastern and 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 to
heavy density smoke was seen over southern Saskatchewan, most of Manitoba,
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 Quebec.
California, Nevada, Idaho and Oregon...
A large area of light density smoke was visible over northern California
mostly from fire activity in the immediate area.
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.
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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