DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0210Z September 1, 2020

SMOKE:
Western and Central U.S./Pacific...
A large area of moderate to heavy density smoke associated with intense
wildfire activity in northern and central California as well as
north-central Oregon was detected on satellite imagery.  Moderate to
heavy density smoke was observed over most of central and southeastern
Oregon, northern and central California including the San Francisco Bay
region, the San Joaquin Valley, and north of Los Angeles in addition to
several hundred miles offshore over the eastern Pacific.  Moderate to
heavy density smoke was also observed further to the east of the region
moving mainly eastward over most of Nevada, Utah, Colorado, parts of
southern Wyoming, and out over the Central Plains including most of
Kansas and Nebraska.  Light to moderate density smoke was also observed
over parts of the Mississippi Valley including southern Minnesota, most
of Iowa, and a large part of Missouri.  This large region of smoke was
generally moving eastward.

Carolinas...
A small region of light density smoke was observed over parts of
eastern North and South Carolina during the morning and early afternoon.


DUST:
Atlantic...
A large Saharan dust plume covers most of the tropical Atlantic, the
central subtropical Atlantic, the western Caribbean Sea, and the parts
of the Gulf of Mexico.

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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

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.