DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0050Z October 17, 2021
SMOKE:
Central California...
The Sequoia National Park Wildfires in central California were emitting
light to moderate density smoke which was spreading to the north.
Northern California…
A mostly thin area of smoke from seasonal burning and smaller wildfires
was observed over northern California.
Pacific Ocean just offshore California and northwestern Mexico Coast...
An area of light density smoke from the fires over coastal southwestern
California, was extending offshore from Northern California to
northwestern Mexico.
Eastern United States...
An area of light density smoke from fire activity over the southeastern
and central United States, was extending just off the East Coast of
the United States over the Atlantic from Long Island to the southwest
off Georgia.
DUST:
Central and Eastern Atlantic Ocean and the northeast Caribbean Sea….
An area of Saharan dust was extending across the eastern and central
Atlantic Ocean and through the northeastern Caribbean Islands and into
the northeastern Caribbean Sea, the dust may be further west in the
Caribbean but cloud cover precluded further analysis.
Eglin
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