DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1615Z July 10, 2016
SMOKE: Canada: A broad area of mostly light density remnant smoke is observed stretching across a large swath of northern Canada from the northern portion of the Northwest Territories east southeastward into central Nunavut and eastern portion of Hudson Bay into Ontario and Quebec. The full extent of the smoke is obscured due to heaving cloud coverage. Kansas and Oklahoma: Remnant smoke is visible through western Kansas extending to western Oklahoma. The smoke is possibly originating from the two fires in Colorado (Beaver Creek and Cold Springs) seen yesterday. The full extent of the smoke is difficult to determine due to Saharan dust being visible in the surrounding area. DUST: Caribbean Sea and southern Gulf of Mexico: A broad area of Saharan dust continues to be seen this evening across the southwest half of the Gulf of Mexico, including the entire Bay of Campeche. The dust also covers portions of the western Caribbean. Central US: A large area of light blowing dust were detected through Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, eastern Colorado, and southern Nebraska. It is difficult to determine how far north the dust travels due to some cloud coverage. Kemal 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