DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z July 10, 2017
SMOKE ALASKA / WESTERN CANADA / NORTHERN PLAINS... Wildfires throughout Alaska, the Yukon, the Northwest Territory, and British Columbia have introduced large masses of smoke into the atmosphere, most of which now resides over northeastern Alaska, much of the western half of Canada, and the northern Plains. A great portion of this massive smoke layer is moderately to very thick, especially over southern British Columbia and much of Alberta. CALIFORNIA... The Alamo and Whittier Fires in southwestern California are contributing to smoke observed over Santa Barbara towards the southern San Joaquin Valley and the southern Sierra Nevada. Much of this smoke is thin in nature. DUST CARIBBEAN... Dust can be observed over much of the eastern Caribbean Sea, northward to approximately 20N and eastward to approximately 57W. This dust layer is moving westward, with some of the northern portion of this layer becoming entrained within the tropical entity northeast of Puerto Rico. -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