Saturday, October 9, 2021

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z October 9, 2021

SMOKE:
Northeastern U.S./Southeastern Canada/North Atlantic…
Areas of thin density leftover smoke, possibly from a combination of
the wildfires burning in eastern Saskatchewan of south central Canada
and wildfires in western Montana, Idaho, and east central California,
was seen this morning over New England, central and eastern Quebec,
a portion of the Canadian Maritimes, and out across the north Atlantic
generally south of Greenland.

Ohio, Tennessee, and Mississippi Valley regions/Northern Gulf of Mexico…
A broad area of remnant thin density smoke likely mixed with other
atmospheric pollutants was seen this morning stretching from Illinois
and Indiana southward to the western and central Gulf Coast region and
over the northern Gulf of Mexico. This remnant smoke is attributed to
both some of the wildfire activity occurring in south central Canada,
western Montana, Idaho, and east central California, as well as some
seasonal type burning occurring daily within the central and south central
U.S. Cloud cover to the west and east of this area did interfere with
additional information on the extent of the smoke.

Montana/Central and South Central Canada…
A swath of varying density smoke extended from central Montana to the
northeast over much of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, the southern part of
Nunavut, and Hudson Bay. The smoke was believed to be mostly from larger
wildfires burning in eastern Saskatchewan though some contribution from
the wildfires in western Montana, Idaho, and east central California
may also be occurring. Thicker smoke over east central Saskatchewan,
west central Manitoba, southern Nunavut, and western Hudson Bay is linked
specifically to the larger wildfires burning in east central Saskatchewan.

DUST:
Eastern Caribbean…
The western part of an area of mainly thin density Saharan dust was
visible this morning moving slowly to the west across the eastern
Caribbean including Puerto Rico and at least the eastern portion of
Hispaniola.

JS


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.