Wednesday, July 5, 2017

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

 


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.