DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z July 11k, 2017
SMOKE ALASKA / CANADA... Wildfires throughout Alaska, the Yukon, the Northwest Territory, and British Columbia continue to burn, producing smoke ranging from light to heavily dense. Light density remnant smoke is visible over much of Alaska, Canada, and stretches over the U.S.-Canadian border and into the Dakotas and Minnesota. Moderate and heavy dense smoke from wildfires located in British Columbia extend into Alberta and western Saskatchewan. NEVADA / IDAHO... Wildfires located in Northern Nevada and Southern Idaho are producing smoke that extends towards the East across state lines. Some heavy density smoke was visible and remained attached to the fires in Nevada. DUST CARIBBEAN... Dust can be observed over much of the Caribbean Sea south of Jamaica and Puerto Rico. This dust layer is moving predominantly westward. -Boll 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