DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z July 15, 2017
SMOKE.... Alaska/Canada/Upper Midwest: Fires continue to burn across portions of northeastern Alaska, the Yukon Territory, Northwest Territory, and British Columbia. Light to moderate density remnant smoke from these fires covers most of Alaska, most of Canada, and down into the Upper Midwest of the United States. Heavy density smoke was attached to the actual fires in British Columbia, northeastern Alaska, and the Yukon Territory. California/Nevada: An area of light remnant smoke from fires burning in Southern California and western Nevada extended from portions of western Wyoming, northern Utah, southern Idaho, western Oregon and southeast Washington towards central and southern California. An area of moderate density smoke was near fires over central and southern California. DUST.... Caribbean.... An area of Saharan dust extended through the Caribbean Sea towards Central America and the Yucatan. Hanna 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