Thursday, July 7, 2016

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

 


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.