DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z July 15, 2015
SMOKE Canada/Northern US/Atlantic Ocean: A large area of light to medium density smoke stretches across Alberta, Saskatchewan and into the southern sections of the Northwest Territory. Another area extends across Nunavut south into northeast Manitoba, most of Ontario and into the Great Lakes region. The heavier smoke stretches over northwest regions of Saskatchewan and a small section of east central Alberta. Another heavier density smoke region extends over the western Hudson Bay and south into northern Ontario. Lighter density smoke stretches as far south as northeast Iowa, northern Illinois and as far east as western Quebec and over most of Michigan. The third and final area of smoke seen in satellite imagery extends across the Canadian Maratimes and into the Atlantic with the heavies smoke band currently off the coast. Alaska: Smoke from several large wildfires concentrated across central Alaska could be seen covering most of northern/central Alaska. The smoke extends north into the Beaufort Sea and west into the eastern Chukchi Sea. The heavier density smoke is seen near the concentration of wildfires with another larger area to the north of these wildfires. DUST: Atlantic Ocean/Caribbean/Gulf of Mexico/Southeast US: Large area of Saharan dust is moving westward across the Atlantic, the Caribbean and into the southern Gulf of Mexico. The dust is of light density across the southern Gulf of Mexico and along the Mexico coastline. Also seen in imagery is dust moving across the southeast and off the Atlantic coast. J Kibler 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