DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2345Z October 10, 2021
SMOKE:
Mississippi Valley...
Widespread agricultural burning along the Mississippi Valley is resulting
in light density and stagnant smoke across much of the region and over
areas to the west of the Appalachian Mountains and the northern Gulf
of Mexico. Several moderate-density smoke plumes are seen from larger
burns across eastern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri, with those
plumes dispersing predominantly toward the north.
Central Canada and Dakotas...
Several wildfires along the Saskatchewan and Manitoba border are
responsible for moderate-to-heavy smoke dispersing northwestward from
those areas across Hudson Bay and over the Hudson Straight. Light smoke
was also seen extending to the south over the Dakotas.
Northwestern Utah...
A pocket of light-density and stagnant smoke was observed over
northwestern Utah.
California...
Two pockets of moderate-density smoke were observed this afternoon over
California. The first was located in Tulare County as a result of the
KNP Wildfire Complex, which continues to burn releasing smoke toward
the south and into Kern County. The second area of smoke originated from
northern Trinity County where a few fires were sending smoke toward the
southeast across Tehama, Butte, and Plumas County.
Bay of Campeche...
A sizable plume consisting of moderate density smoke from gas flaring
activity in the Bay of Campeche was spreading northwestward covering
the southwestern Gulf of Mexico.
DUST:
Texas...
A large area of blowing dust formed across the Llano Estacado (Staked
Plains) in northwestern Texas during the afternoon hours. The dust plume
was moving east towards central-northern Texas.
Caribbean Region/Bahamas…
A large area of thin density Saharan dust is seen moving westward across
Puerto Rico, Hispaniola and the eastern Caribbean Sea, and approaching
Jamaica, Cuba and the eastern Bahamas. An area of moderate-density dust
is located approximately 500 miles north of Puerto Rico.
WS
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