DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2000Z October 11, 2021
SMOKE:
U.S./Eastern Canada...
A detached thin density plume leftover from wildfires in south-central
Canada was found over the Canadian Maritime provinces. A second
detached thin density plumes was detected over southern Ontario,
eastern Michigan, northern Ohio, and western Pennsylvania/New York.
South-Central Canada...
A wildfire complex over east-central Saskatchewan was spreading a thin
density plume northeastward to northern Manitoba. Within 100 miles of
this wildfire complex, moderate to heavy density smoke was detected.
DUST:
California...
Blowing dust could be seen forming along the San Joaquin Valley and
the western Mojave Desert. The dust was dispersing predominantly toward
the southeast.
Atlantic...
A thin density plume of Saharan dust was detected over the southwestern
Atlantic between Bermuda and the Bahamas.
WS
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