DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z July 29, 2015
SMOKE: Canada/Alaska: An area of light density smoke coming from the Siberian fires is seen through Northwest Territories heading southward into northern Alberta and Saskatchewan. The wildfires in Alaska are still burning and are releasing lots of light density smoke with some moderate density smoke around the fires heading eastwards toward northern Yukon. California: Plumes of light density smoke are seen from fires in the central Sierra Nevada. Smoke from these fires over the past few days has been trapped in the central valley and is swirling around in the eastern portion of the valley to the ridge line of the Sierra. Smoke from the Wragg fire in Napa county was producing light to heavy density smoke heading towards the Pacific Ocean. Arizona: Smoke from at least four fires in northwest Arizona are producing mostly light smoke with some patchy areas of moderately dense smoke. Northeast US: Light haze is seen in northeast and mid Atlantic US and extending off the coast. This area contains some remnant smoke coming from the fires in Canada and Siberia and is mixed with sulfates. Dust: Central US: Saharan dust remains across the far western portion of the Gulf of Mexico and extends north across a majority of Texas wrapping north and northwest across the central Plains. The dust is most notable along a frontal boundary through portions of Kansas and Nebraska. Kemal/Ruminski From Earlier SMOKE: Canada: A large area of light remnant smoke is visible moving SE over Northwest Canada, including Nunavut, Yukon, and the NW Territories. A second area of smoke is visible near the Canadian/US border moving SE through Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec into the Great Lakes region. A majority of this smoke is believed to have been transported around the world from wildfires burning in Siberia as well as central Alaska. Alaska: A large plume of light-density smoke is visible over central Alaska moving east towards the Yukon border. A separate plume to the south is visible right below the Aleutians in between patches of clouds. This smoke originates from the wildfires occurring in the region and contributing smoke from Siberia. US Northeast/Mid-Atlantic/Atlantic Ocean: A large plume of light-density remnant smoke is visible drifting east off the Atlantic coast into the Ocean. Areas affected include New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. This smoke is remnant from the wildfires burning in Siberia and Alaska, and may be mixed in with Saharan dust surging up through the Gulf of Mexico and east over the Atlantic. DUST: Central US: Saharan dust is remains across the far western portion of the Gulf of Mexico and extends north across a majority of Texas wrapping north and northwest across parts of Oklahoma, and Kansas, Arkansas, and Missouri which converges in Indiana with remnant smoke moving SE from Canada/Alaska. Oegerle 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