DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z July 8, 2016
SMOKE: Canada: A broad area of mostly light density remnant smoke is situated over northern Canada. Smoke was detected across much of western and northern Northwest Territories and extended to the east and southeast from northwest to southeast Nunavut into northern and central Hudson Bay and northwest Quebec. Northern High Plains: Residual and remnant smoke is traveling from wildfires in Saskatchewan Canada into the Dakotas eastward into Minnesota this evening. Four Corners area: Light smoke from the wildfires in Arizona was detected from the Four Corners and extending east across southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. This smoke was drifting to the northeast from northern Arizona wildfires. Texas: Smoke is traveling to the north from a wildfire in central Texas, but is limited to the state of Texas. DUST: Caribbean Sea and southern Gulf of Mexico: A broad area of Saharan dust is seen this morning across most of the western and central Caribbean Sea and extending into the southern Gulf of Mexico, including the Bay of Campache. 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