DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0113Z October 7, 2021
SMOKE:
Western U.S./Northern Rockies, Canada...
Observed through moderate cloud cover over the lower 48 and Canada
a thin to heavy density plume sourced from wildfires over central
California was detected covering central California and continues through
northwestern and north-central U.S. where the smoke continues north where
it combines with light to heavy density smoke sourced from wildfires over
south-central Canada and extending from Nova Scotia northwest through
parts of Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, the Hudson Bay, and
extends off the coasts over the Pacific just off California and over the
Atlantic just south of the northeast U.S. and eastern Canada. Heavier
smoke was seen in areas around the source fires.
DUST:
Caribbean...
An area of thin density Saharan dust visible through cloud cover reaching
as far as the central Caribbean sea.
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