DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z July 8, 2016
SMOKE: Canada: A large area of light density remnant smoke over north-central Canada was seen from the western portions of the Northwest Territories east across the Northwestern Passages, the northern half of Hudson Bay in northern Quebec and Baffin Island. Another north-south oriented swath of light density smoke moving west was connected to remnant smoke over north-central Canada; the smoke spanned from the western portions of the Northwestern Territories south through Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan; however, the southern portions of the smoke is traveling east. Moderate density smoke was embedded in this north-south oriented area of smoke with another band of moderate density smoke seen from the eastern portions of the Northwestern Territories east towards northwest Quebec. All of this smoke originated from fires in northern Saskatchewan, northern Manitoba and the Northwestern Territories. United States: Smoke from the fires in Canada has traveled across Alberta, through northern Montana into the western Dakotas. Smoke from fires in northeastern Wyoming is being transported across the Black Hills of South Dakota towards south western and southern South Dakota. Smoke from a fire in southwestern Utah is traveling to the northeast. Fires in north central Arizona is being transported to the east. Smoke from a fire in southern California is traveling to the east. DUST: Caribbean Sea: An expansive area of optically thick Saharan dust is observed pushing westward across the Caribbean Sea, the Yucatan Peninsula, and is just entering the Bay of Campeche. -Sandusky 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