DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z October 14, 2021
SMOKE:
California/Baja of California/Northwestern Mexico/Pacific Ocean...
The Alisal Fire burning in coastal Southwestern California has produced
a large region of smoke. Moderate to thick density smoke was seen
progressing southward and southeastward from the Alisal fire complex
over coastal Southwestern California, out over the Eastern Pacific, and
out over and past Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa Islands. Moderate to thick
density smoke was also observed well south of the region over the Eastern
Pacific west of the Baja of California and Northwestern Mexico. Light
to moderate density smoke was also observed over Northwestern Mexico
including the Baja of California and the Eastern Pacific this evening.
Eastern Canada/Northern New England/Northern Atlantic Ocean...
A large region of remnant light density smoke likely attributed to
recent South Central Canada wildfire activity in Eastern Saskatchewan
was observed over Southern Quebec, parts of the Canadian Maritimes,
over parts of Northern New England including Northern Maine, and parts
of the North Atlantic Ocean this evening.
Southeastern U.S/Lower Mississippi Valley...
Agricultural burning was observed over parts of the Southeastern U.S. and
Lower Mississippi Valley emitting light to moderate density smoke this
evening.
Western Gulf of Mexico/Southern and Eastern Mexico/ Bay of Campeche...
Light to moderate density smoke from offshore drilling platforms
was observed over parts of the Central Bay of Campeche progressing
northwestward. Light density smoke was also observed over parts of
Southern and Eastern Mexico this evening.
DUST:
New Mexico/Northern Mexico/South Texas...
Blowing dust was seen across southeastern New Mexico and Northern Mexico
earlier today which was seen moving to the northeast. Blowing dust was
also observed over South Texas along the Mexico border, however cloud
cover over the region made dust analysis difficult in this evening’s
GOES visible satellite imagery.
Caribbean/Atlantic...
A large area of Saharan dust was observed covering much of the Central
and Eastern Tropical Atlantic Ocean. Saharan dust was also observed over a
large region of the Southwestern Atlantic as well as just east of Central
America over parts of the eastern, central, and western Caribbean Sea
this evening.
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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