DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1530Z July 22, 2016
SMOKE: North Central US: An area of mainly thin density smoke was visible stretching from eastern Wyoming and eastern Montana across the Dakotas and Minnesota to Wisconsin and northern Iowa. Within this area, a patch of moderately dense smoke was analyzed over northeastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana. The source of this smoke is likely mainly attributed to fires in north central and west central Wyoming and southwestern Idaho. Southern California/Baja: A swath of primarily thin density smoke extended from far northern Baja and extreme southwestern California to the southwest and offshore over the Pacific. This smoke was believed to be from a fire in northern Baja. Western to South Central Canada: Areas of thin density remnant smoke were visible over central Alberta and in an elongated patch stretching from central Manitoba to southwestern Quebec. This smoke was believed to be mainly from recent wildfire activity in western Canada. Newfoundland/Labrador/Western Atlantic: Leftover thin density smoke attributed to recent wildfire activity in western Canada extended from eastern Labrador across Newfoundland and southward over the Atlantic. DUST: Western Atlantic/Caribbean: An aerosol which is possibly composed of Saharan dust was seen over the western Atlantic spreading westward across a portion of the Caribbean, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. UNKNOWN AEROSOL: Great Lakes Region/Ohio Valley/Mississippi Valley/Southern Plains: An aerosol composed of unknown pollutants was seen from portions of the Great Lakes Region southward over the Ohio Valley and Mississippi Valley. Some smoke and dust may be mixed in with this aerosol though that is not a certainty. JS 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