DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0500Z July 16, 2017
SMOKE.... Alaska/Canada/the Midwest: Fires over Alaska, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, and British Columbia continue to burn and produce a large area of light density smoke that extends from as far east as just off Great Britain west through the North Atlantic and then covers most of Canada, Alaska and the Upper Midwest of the United States. A large area of moderate to high density smoke extended from northern Manitoba west through northern Saskatchewan, northern Alberta and eastern British Columbia. The western United States: An area of light to moderate density smoke from fires burning in Southern California and Nevada was seen extending into portions of northwestern Utah, Idaho, Nevada, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington and western Montana. DUST.... Caribbean.... An area of Saharan dust extended into Caribbean Sea towards Puerto Rico and the Bahamas. 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