DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0115Z July 23, 2017
SMOKE: Alaska and Yukon... Wildfires across central Alaska are producing light density smoke that extend southward and into the Gulf of Alaska and eastward into the southwestern portion of the Yukon Territory. Canada and Northeastern US... A large area of light density remnant smoke continues to cover much of central Canada. The smoke is being carried east and into the US. The smoke continues to be seen stretched over the area between Ohio and Maine before carried farther east out and over the Atlantic Ocean. Moderately dense smoke is visible in imagery this evening originating from the wildfires located in the northern parts of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario. Central-North US... Wildfires along the Idaho/Montana border continue to burn through this evening producing some visible moderately dense smoke plumes that extend towards the East. The larger fires located in Garfield County, Montana are producing moderate smoke that extends close to Montana's eastern border. Think smoke extends from the states and into Wyoming, the Dakotas, Nebraska and as far as central Indiana. California... Remnant light density smoke was observed over much of California's Central Valley as the Detwiler fire located in central part of the state continues to burn. DUST: Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.... Saharan dust is visible over the Caribbean Sea and the entire southern portion of the Gulf of Mexico. Portions of southern Florida may also be affected. -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