DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1830Z July 27, 2017
SMOKE: Alaska... A patch of light density remnant smoke was visible over central Alaska covering much of the northeastern quadrant of the state this morning. A few number of wildfires continue to burn in the area. South-Central Canada and Northern US... A large area of primarily thin density smoke covered a good portion of central and southern Canada as well as the northern part of the US from the Pacific Northwest to the western Great Lakes region. This remnant smoke was attributed mainly to wildfire activity near the Montana/Idaho border and the wildfires located in southern British Columbia. Localized moderately dense smoke was visible in the area around the fires in British Columbia. An area of moderately dense smoke was also detected stretched across northern Alberta. Northern California and Oregon.... Light density smoke produced from the Orleans Complex located in northwestern California is producing an area of thin density smoke that was seen to extend into central Oregon. DUST: Gulf of Mexico.... Saharan Dust was visible predominantly off of Louisiana's coast, extending into the Central Gulf of Mexico. The general direction of the blowing dusting is towards the west. -Boll 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