Friday, July 14, 2017

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z July 15, 2017

SMOKE....

Alaska/Canada/Upper Midwest:
Fires continue to burn across portions of northeastern Alaska, the Yukon
Territory, Northwest Territory, and British Columbia. Light to moderate
density remnant smoke from these fires covers most of Alaska, most of
Canada, and down into the Upper Midwest of the United States. Heavy
density smoke was attached to the actual fires in British Columbia,
northeastern Alaska, and the Yukon Territory.

California/Nevada:
An area of light remnant smoke from fires burning in Southern California
and  western Nevada extended from portions of western Wyoming, northern
Utah, southern Idaho, western Oregon and southeast Washington towards
central and southern California.  An area of moderate density smoke was
near fires over central and southern California.

DUST....

Caribbean....
An area of Saharan dust extended through the Caribbean Sea towards
Central America and the Yucatan.

Hanna

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.