DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z July 23, 2016
Smoke: Central and Southern California: Two brush fires in Monterey County and one wildfire in Santa Clarita Valley are collectively responsible for a large area of remnant light density smoke, with embedded areas of moderate density smoke covering much of southern California and the coastal Pacific waters. Canada: A wildfire on the northern side of Great Slave Lake in Northwest Territories is producing light density remnant smoke moving east and can be seen stretching out to the Hudson Bay. Dust: Caribbean: Saharan dust was observed over much of the Caribbean this morning. Unknown aerosol: Mississippi River Valley An aerosol of unknown composition was seen this morning stretching north to south over much of the Mississippi River Valley. This aerosol is likely pollutants mixed with light density smoke. Ramirez 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