DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z July 3, 2017
SMOKE: Alaska/Canada: Fires over the Yukon and Northwest Territories continue to emit smoke, which is observed advecting toward the west over the Yukon and Alaska. This smoke layer is fairly thin. Pacific Northwest: The smoke plume associated with the Sutherland Canyon fire in south-central Washington State was observed being advected toward the west over southeastern Washignton State, northern Idaho, and far northwestern Montana. Southwest US: Various fires located throughout the Four Corners states are contributing to three separate areas of lofted smoke located over the southwestern United States. The Brianhead Fire is contributing to smoke seen over southeastern Utah, extreme northwestern Arizona, and northern New Mexico, the Goodwin Fire is contributing to the smoke layer over northern Arizona and far west central New Mexico, and the Frye, Burro, and Hilltop Fires are contributing to the smoke layer over southeastern Arizona and southern New Mexico. San Joaquin Valley A tenuous layer of remnant smoke was observed this morning over the San Joaquin Valley in central California. DUST: Saharan dust continued to be observed over the Gulf Coast, most dense over the Louisiana coast. -Hosley 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