DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z July 3, 2017

SMOKE:
Alaska/Canada:
An elongated area of light density remnant smoke remained over the
northern half of Yukon Territory and Alaska, and originated from wildfires
in the vicinity.

Pacific Northwest:
Smoke from the wildfires in northern Alaska and Canada has wrapped into
a low pressure system in the Gulf of Alaska and has been pushed over
Washington and Oregon.

Southwest US:
Several large wildfires in Baja and Arizona produced very heavy smoke
that's moved in the east northeast direction. Thin density remnant
smoke stretched over Arizona, New Mexico, north Texas, Oklahoma, and
Kansas. Moderate to thick smoke remained confined to parts of Arizona
and New Mexico.

DUST:
Saharan dust continued to be observed over the Bay of Campeche and along
the U.S. Gulf Coast states this evening.

Ramirez


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/Products/land/hms.html
GIS:    http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm
KML:    http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html
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.