DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z August 2, 2015
SMOKE: Eastern US: An area of haze is seen from the coast of New Jersey to Long Island and Cape Code; which is mostly sulfate with some mixture of smoke. Northwest US/Northern Plains: Multiple areas of light to heavy density smoke are visible throughout northwestern US moving northeastward through Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and as far north as southern British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan and as far east as western Minnesota. The moderate to heavy smoke is seen in northern California moving north through southwestern Oregon. Another area of moderate to heavy density smoke is seen in northern Washington moving eastward through northern Idaho and western and northern Montana. Gulf of Mexico: Fires in southwestern Louisiana are producing small light density plumes heading southwest into the Gulf. DUST: Southern Gulf of Mexico: Light area of dust is seen from southwest Florida to as far as the Bay of Campeche. This area of dust is mixed with plumes of smoke from the oil rigs in the far southwest Gulf. Kemal/Ruminski From Earlier: SMOKE Alaska and Western/Central Canada: An area of light to medium density smoke generated from Alaskan wildfires was visible moving east from central Alaska through Yukon, and into the Northwest Territories. A detached area of light density remnant smoke was seen stretching from Nunavut and the northern portions of the Northwest Territories SE into Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario. This remnant smoke originates from the wildfires continuing to burn in central Alaska. Although clouds moving southwest into northwestern/central Alaska began to cover wildfire activity in central Alaskan. Western/Central US: Multiple areas of light to heavy density smoke is visible throughout the western and central US this morning. Heavy density smoke is visible moving north from northern California and Oregon, as well as moving eastward from Washington. Medium-density smoke is visible in California, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Saskatchewan, Wyoming, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa. Light density remnant smoke could be seen throughout most of the Pacific Northwest into the Northern and Central Plains which is seen moving eastward to the Atlantic coast. This smoke originates from the numerous wildfires that are burning in northern/central California, SW Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. Eastern US: A large stream of medium to light density smoke is visible moving east through the Midwest into the Mid-Atlantic and north up the East Coast into New England as far north as Maine. This smoke originates from the wildfires burning in the western US. DUST Western Gulf Coast/Southern US: A large area of Saharan dust was observed over Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana into northern Mexico. A dense area of Saharan dust was seen across the Caribbean sea moving into the southern Gulf of Mexico as well as moving from the Caribbean Sea to northeast off the eastern seaboard of the US. Its also possible that these areas of smoke may be mixed with plumes of aerosols. 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