DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z July 2, 2015

SMOKE:
Alaska:
A large area of medium density smoke is visible moving east across
central Alaska into Yukon and the NW Territories where the smoke merges
with the wildfires occurring in central/northern Canada. This area of
smoke originates from the wildfires burning in central Alaska.

Central Canada/U.S.
An expansive area of light to heavy density smoke is visible over a
majority of North America this morning. This remnant smoke originates from
the enormous amount of wildfires occurring in Alaska and central/northern
Canada. Smoke from the Alaskan wildfires is visible moving east and
then southeast, merging with the with the heavy smoke being emitted from
the Canadian wildfires, where it spills south across the US border and
east towards the Atlantic Ocean. Areas of heavy smoke include the NW
Territories, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Montana, North Dakota,
Minnesota, Ontario, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Medium smoke is observed
in the NW Territories, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, Montana,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana. Areas
of light smoke include the NW Territories, Nunavut, Alberta, Ontario,
Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska.

Pacific NW:
An area of light to medium smoke is visible moving east from several
wildfire complexes in central Oregon (notably the Harper and Corner
Creek complexes) seeping into Northern California and Idaho.

Greenland:
A plume of light density smoke is visible moving SE off the coast
of Greenland into the Atlantic Ocean. This smoke is remnant from the
wildfires burning in Alaska and Canada.

Eastern US/Atlantic Ocean:
A large area of medium to heavy smoke is visible moving NE through
the Mid-Atlantic, New England, and Atlantic coast this morning. The
band of medium smoke is visible moving through Ohio, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont,
New Hampshire, and Maine into Nova Scotia. The heavier area of remnant
smoke is visible moving NE off the coast of South and North Carolina as
far north as Massachusetts.

DUST:
Gulf of Mexico:
A large area of Saharan dust is visible extending over much of the Gulf of
Mexico, focused over western portions of the Gulf of Mexico and extending
further inland through Texas and Louisiana.

Florida/Atlantic Ocean:
Thick Saharan dust is visible crossing east over the eastern Gulf of
Mexico across southern Florida into the Atlantic Ocean.

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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.