DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z September 11, 2021
SMOKE:
Lower 48 of the U.S/Far Eastern Pacific off the Southern California and
Baja Coast/Southern Canada/Atlantic off the East Coast of the U.S. and
Canada/Mexico/Gulf of Mexico…
Varying density smoke, primarily from the ongoing significant wildfire
activity over the western U.S. with smaller contribution from a few
wildfires in southern British Columbia and numerous daily smaller
seasonal/agricultural type fires in the central and south central U.S.,
was visible this morning covering most of the lower 48 states of the U.S.,
portions of southern Canada, the northern half of Mexico, the northern
Gulf of Mexico, portions of the Atlantic along and well off the east coast
of Canada and the U.S., and a relatively small portion of the far eastern
Pacific off the southern California and western Baja coastal areas. A
substantial part of this huge area of smoke was moderate to thick in
density especially across virtually all of the central U.S., a portion
of the Mid-Atlantic and southeastern U.S. regions, northern Mexico, south
central Canada, and also along a line from northern California to central
Montana. Cloud cover over eastern Washington, northern Montana, and over
the border into southwestern Canada prevented detailed information on
the extent and density of the smoke in these areas in satellite imagery.
DUST:
Caribbean:
An area of thin density Saharan dust was seen this morning spreading
to the west over the southern part of Hispaniola, Jamaica, the central
Caribbean Sea, and northern South America.
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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)
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO:
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov