DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z August 19, 2017
SMOKE: CANADA, NORTHERN U.S. Wildfires continue to burn in the U.S. Pacific Northwest states and British Columbia, CA. As a result, thin density smoke blankets much of Canada and the contiguous northern United States, stretching as far north as the Northwest Passages, as far east as western Quebec, and as far south as the Mississippi River Valley near the Missouri – Mississippi border. Moderately dense smoke covers northern California, southern Oregon, and central Idaho, while another region of moderately dense smoke covers eastern Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, parts of Saskatchewan, much of Manitoba and Ontario, and the Great Lakes region. The thickest smoke is observed over central Manitoba and Ontario, Lake Superior, and eastern Montana. DUST: GREATER ANTILLES, LESSER ANTILLES, CARIBBEAN An expansive area of Saharan dust was observed in satellite imagery this morning throughout the Greater and Lesser Antilles, as well as much of the Caribbean. Ramirez 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