DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z July 5, 2017
SMOKE ALASKA: Wildfires in northeast Alaska and northern Yukon Territory continue to burn and produce an elongated area of remnant light density smoke with embedded areas of moderate density smoke. Smoke stretches as far east as central Northwest Territories, and the western extent is unknown due to cloud cover. CANADA: A ribbon of smoke, possibly mixed with aerosol, was observed over central British Columbia moving east over Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Quebec. This smoke likely originated from multiple areas including the wildfires in Alaska, and biomass burning in Russia. SOUTHWEST and WESTERN US: Light remnant smoke was seen from the Texas panhandle moving northwest over the four corners, across central Utah and into northern Nevada before curving northeast and east over Idaho and western Montana and Wyoming. This smoke originated from recent and ongoing fires in New Mexico, Arizona, and California. UNKNOWN AEROSOL MIDWEST: An aerosol of unknown composition was observed this morning over southern Minnesota, southern Wisconsin, Iowa, and northern Illinois. 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