DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500 September 1, 2021

SMOKE:
Western U.S./Rocky Mountains/Great Plains/Northeastern CONUS/Central
Canada..
Widespread wildfire activity throughout the western CONUS was observed
emitting light to moderate density smoke. Smoke from wildfire activity
in western Oregon was moving south-southwestward, while most smoke from
other northwestern California and fire activity from the Dixie and Caldor
wildfire complexes was observed moving east and northeast. Mainly light
density smoke was moving east-northeast out across the Great Basin and
Intermountain West then northward into Canada and south-southeastward
over the Northern/Central Plains, Mid Mississippi Valley, and across the
southeast U.S. Smoke from wildfire activity in East-Central Saskatchewan
and Central Manitoba was observed moving through Canada and then rounding
an upper ridge over the Dakotas.

South Texas/Southern and Eastern Mexico/Southwestern/Western Gulf of
Mexico...
Light density smoke from offshore drilling platforms was observed over
of coastal South Texas

DUST:
Tropical Atlantic/Caribbean/Gulf of Mexico...
A large region of thin density Saharan Dust was observed extending
westward towards

Rodriguez

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

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.