DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0250Z September 21, 2021
SMOKE:
Southwestern and Central U.S./Mexico/Pacific...
An area of mostly light density smoke primarily due to the ongoing
wildfires burning in the western U.S. was detected over the far
northeastern Pacific off Baja California east and northeast over the
western/central U.S. and northern Mexico. An area of moderate to heavy
density smoke from a wildfire complex in the San Joaquin Valley covered
parts of central and southern California.
Eastern U.S./Canada/Atlantic...
A detached plume left over from the western U.S. wildfires was detected
over the Northeastern U.S. and covered eastern Ontario, a large part of
Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and the far northwest
part of the Atlantic. The plume was of thin density except moderate
density areas over parts of eastern Ontario and western Quebec, and a
large part of eastern Quebec and Newfoundland.
Konon
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