DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1900Z July 28, 2016

Smoke:
California/Northwestern Nevada:
Mainly thin density smoke from the fire along the central California
coast north of Monterey was visible this morning from south central to
north central California and extending into northwestern Nevada. A stripe
of moderately dense smoke was located near and just northeast of the fire.

Idaho/Wyoming to the Central and South Central US:
Widespread thin density smoke mainly attributed to the larger wildfires in
northern Colorado, western Wyoming, and southwestern Idaho extended from
southern Idaho and northern Nevada eastward to Nebraska and Kansas. The
smoke then extended southward from there to eastern New Mexico and
northern Texas and eastward to Illinois. Embedded patches of moderately
dense smoke was seen from southeastern Colorado/southwestern Kansas to
eastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas. More moderately dense smoke
was visible over Wyoming and just south of the fire in southwestern Idaho.

Canada:
A large area of thin to moderately dense smoke from recent wildfire
activity around Lake Athabasca in western Canada covered a good portion
of south central and central Canada. Farther to the northwest a swath
of thin to moderately dense smoke from a fire complex located north of
the Great Slave Lake could be seen fanning out to the north of the fire
over the Northwest Territories.

DUST:
Caribbean/Western Atlantic:
Once again, possible very light density Saharan dust was observed in
satellite imagery moving west across Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Cuba,
a portion of the Caribbean, the Bahamas, and possibly reaching southern
Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

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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.