DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z July 15, 2017
SMOKE.... Alaska/Canada/the Midwest: Fires continue to burn and produce an abundant amount of smoke across portions of northeastern Alaska, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, and British Columbia. Light to moderate density remnant smoke from these fires covers most of Alaska, most of Canada, and down into the Upper and Lower Mississippi Valley of the United States. Heavy density smoke was attached to the actual fires in British Columbia, northeastern Alaska, and the Yukon Territory. An area of heavy remnant density smoke from the previously mentioned fires was seen extending from the southeastern Northwest Territories to the west/southwest into northern Saskatchewan, northern Manitoba, and east-central Ontario. The western United States: An area of light remnant smoke from fires burning in Southern California and Nevada was seen extending into portions of extreme northwestern Utah, western Idaho, northern Nevada, eastern Oregon, and eastern Washington. An area of moderate density smoke was observed near fires in Southern California. DUST.... Caribbean.... An area of Saharan dust extended through the Caribbean Sea towards Central America and the Yucatan. Whisnant 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