DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z July 14, 2017
SMOKE.... Alaska/Yukon Territory/Gulf of Alaska: A large of area of mostly light to moderately dense smoke extends across most of the state of Alaska and south into the Gulf of Mexico. A large wildfire in northern Yukon Territory is producing dense to very dense smoke moving west into eastern Alaska. A small area of smoke between the clouds can be just west of Great Bear Lake. Canada/Northern US: Wildfires burning across southern into central British Columbia are producing a large area of remnant smoke moving east. Moderately dense smoke is seen over parts of northern/central Alberta, large area of Saskatchewan into western Manitoba. Another section of smoke begins in eastern Manitoba and spreads over western/central Ontario and over southern Hudson Bay/northern Lake James. Then a final area is seen over the Gulf of St Lawrence and pushing east into the Atlantic. Making the smoke issue worse across Ontario is the numerous wildfires burning just south of Hudson Bay. These wildfires are producing dense to very dense smoke moving e-ward. Most of Canada from British Columbia to Quebec and south into the Northern Plains and northern Minnesota – light to moderately dense smoke. California to southeastern Oregon and southern Idaho: Large wildfire burning southwest of Fresno is producing a large area of dense to very dense smoke moving northeast. Lighter smoke spreads up central California and into northwest Nevada. An area of remnant smoke extends from portions of southwestern Idaho through southeastern Oregon. Another area extends over western Idaho/northeast Oregon – north into northwest Montana. Earlier Today: DUST.... Caribbean.... An area of Saharan dust extended through the Caribbean Sea towards Central America and the Yucatan. J Kibler 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