DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1830Z July 20, 2016

SMOKE:
Canada/Great Lakes Region/Northeast:
A very large mass of light density smoke was seen stretching over much
of Canada from northern Manitoba through the Hudson Bay and extending
southeast to the New England region of the United States and as south
as Wisconsin and Michigan. Due to cloud coverage, the full extent of
smoke is obscured.

North Central US:
An area of light density smoke leftover from the ongoing wildfires over
portions of the Western US and in particular primarily from the Cliff
Creek Fire in western Wyoming was visible stretching from eastern Montana
and eastern Wyoming over the Dakotas to western Minnesota.

Alaska:
Cloudiness significantly limited fire and smoke detection from satellite
imagery this morning. Light density smoke was visible moving to the
south and over the Gulf of Alaska from a fire located south of Anchorage.

DUST:
Caribbean Sea/Puerto Rico:
An area of Saharan dust could be seen in-between cloud cover moving
west over the central/western Caribbean Sea. Another area of Saharan
dust was seen to the northeast traveling over Puerto Rico and moving
more west-northwest towards the Bahamas.

Central and Southern Plains/Midwest:
An area of Saharan dust was seen spanning from eastern New Mexico across
the Southern/Central Plains into the Midwest and was primarily traveling
to the north.


-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

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.