Sunday, September 29, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0050Z September 30, 2024

SMOKE:
Montana/Wyoming/North-central U.S./...
An area of light to medium density smoke originating from wildfire
activity in central Idaho and western Wyoming was observed dispersing
northeastward and eastward over north-central U.S. and south-central
Canada. The fire in western Wyoming was releasing dense smoke into the
conglomerated smoke this evening.

Utah...
A wildfire in northern Utah was emitting light to possibly moderate
density smoke which was moving generally northeast in direction into
southwestern Idaho.

Washington Stateā€¦
Numerous small wildfires could be seen producing mostly light density
smoke plumes which generally moved to the southwest.

Southern California...
Moderate density smoke was observed emanating from a wildfire east of
Los Angles in southern California moving generally north of northeast
in direction.


Blowing Dust:
Washington State...
At least moderate blowing dust could be seen originating from a salt
flat in south-central Washington State. This dust was moving south of
southwest remaining in the state.


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 map: https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg
Smoke data:
https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Smoke_Polygons
Fire data:
https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Fire_Points

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.