DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1610Z September 11, 2020
SMOKE: Atlantic... A detached light density plume was detected over the open ocean waters southeast of Newfoundland. Southeastern U.S... A narrow light density detached plume sourced from fires in the West extended from Louisiana to the Tennessee Valley. Central U.S... Another light density plume sourced from the fires in the West is associated with a low pressure system and was detected from the Texas Panhandle northeastward to the Upper Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes. Western U.S./Pacific... Ongoing large wildfire complexes in California, Oregon, and Washington continued to produce very large areas of moderate to thick density plumes that cover most of the West and parts of the northeastern Pacific Ocean. The thickest plume areas were found from off the Oregon coast southeastward and covered much of California and Arizona, northwestern Mexico and adjacent Pacific coastal waters, and parts of Nevada and New Mexico. DUST: Atlantic... A thin plume of Saharan dust covered the eastern tropical and subtropical Atlantic. 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