DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0315Z August 6, 2017
SMOKE: Pacific Northwest to the Mid Atlantic....A large area of smoke from the fires that continues over portions of the Northern Rockies and southern British Columbia extend from the northern Mid Atlantic west through the Upper Midwest, Northern and Central Plains, Northern Rockies to the Pacific Northwest. Within this area, a large area of moderate to very dense smoke extended from the Pacific Northwest towards portions of the Northern Plains. Northern and Central Canada....A large area of smoke from fires over the southern Northwest Territories, northern Manitoba, northern Saskatchewan and northern Alberta covered much of central and northern Canada. An area of moderate density smoke extended from northern Manitoba west through northern Saskatchewan the southern Northwest Territories towards west central Alberta. DUST: Caribbean... An area of Saharan dust covered portions of the southwest Atlantic extending southwest through Florida towards the western Caribbean and southern Gulf of Mexico. 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