DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z July 2, 2015
SMOKE: Alaska/Canada/Contiguous U.S. An expansive area of generally moderately dense to heavy density smoke from the enormous amount of wildfires occurring both in Alaska and central/northern Canada extends from central Alaska into northern Canada. Smoke from the Alaskan wildfires then congeals with smoke from the Canadian wildfires and dives southward extending over much of Canada as far east as extreme western Quebec. Smoke extends through the central U.S. and further south into Kansas/Missouri and into the southeastern U.S. Smoke then turns towards the northeast, expanding offshore but over much of the eastern U.S. and eastern seaboard up through Maine and into Nova Scotia/New Brunswick before becoming difficult to discern due to cloud coverage. DUST: A broad area of Saharan dust is seen extending over much of the Gulf of Mexico, focused over western portions of the Gulf of Mexico and extending further inland through Texas and into parts of eastern New Mexico/southern Oklahoma. Heeps 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