DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z October 10, 2021
SMOKE:
North Central U.S./South Central and Central Canada…
Wildfires in east central Saskatchewan were emitting thick density
smoke this morning which was moving to the northeast into west central
Manitoba. A surrounding band of moderate density smoke extended to
the northeast over Manitoba to the western part of Hudson Bay with a
narrow swath also extending to the south of the fires over southeastern
Saskatchewan. Thinner density smoke wrapped to the south over the north
central U.S. and the central high plains region. Thinner density smoke
also likely extended farther to the east and northeast over north central
and northeastern Canada but cloudiness interfered with detection in
satellite imagery.
Southern Idaho/Northeastern Nevada/Northwestern Utah…
A patch of leftover thin to moderate density smoke, likely from wildfires
in the Malheur National Forest of east central Oregon, was seen moving
to the southeast over southeastern Idaho, northwestern Utah, and far
northeastern Nevada this morning. Cloud cover closer to the fires in
east central Oregon prevented additional information on any smoke which
might be present in that area.
South Central California…
Locally thick smoke emanating from the KNP Complex in the Sequoia National
Forest of east central California spread to the west and southwest while
fanning out and thinning in density over the southern San Joaquin Valley.
New England/Southeastern Canada/Northern and Central Atlantic…
A curved band of thin density leftover smoke was visible this morning
extending from northern New England and southeastern Canada and wrapping
to the southeast, east, and eventually northeast along a frontal boundary
located over the open northern and central Atlantic. This smoke was
potentially from a combination of recent wildfire activity in south
central Canada, and the western U.S. including fires in western Montana,
Idaho, and east central California.
Central, South Central, and Southeastern U.S…
A broad area of what is likely a combination of remnant thin density
smoke and other atmospheric pollutants was seen this morning covering
the region stretching from the central and south central U.S. eastward to
the Appalachians and southward over the north central Gulf of Mexico and
a portion of the Florida peninsula. The smoke portion of this aerosol
was believed to be from a combination of longer range transport of
smoke possibly from the recent wildfires in east central Saskatchewan,
western Montana, Idaho, and east central California though it is also
likely that some of the smoke is from daily seasonal/agricultural type
fire activity particularly in the central and south central U.S.
DUST:
Caribbean Region/Bahamas…
The area of generally thin density Saharan dust has spread a little
farther to the west today and was present over the central and eastern
Caribbean region including Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, and beginning to
reach Jamaica, eastern Cuba, and the eastern Bahamas. The dust became
somewhat thicker to the northeast and east of the Caribbean region over
the Atlantic.
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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)
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SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov