DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE
IMAGERY THROUGH 0027 UTC July 3, 2018.
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SMOKE:
California...
The Pawnee Fire located near west-central California continues to burn
throughout the evening while producing a large plume of light density
smoke that stretches southward before veering west out over and into
the Pacific Ocean. Moderately dense smoke blankets the San Francisco
Bay area and San Jose.
Central Great Basin, Central and Southern Rockies...
The HD Wildfire located in northeastern Nevada is producing light to
moderately dense smoke that stretches towards the northeast over northern
Utah and into western Wyoming. Fires in the southern half of Utah are
producing light density smoke in the lower half of the state. The West
Valley Fire in northwestern Utah is producing heavy smoke that extends
into southern Wyoming. Remnant light smoke is being carried west and
combining with smoke from larger plumes originating from fires in the
Central Plains.
Central US...
A large area of remnant light density smoke covers much of the Central
US. The majority of the smoke originates from the wildfires in Colorado
(Weston Pass, Chateau, and 416 Fires). Moderate smoke was visible over the
majority of the Central Plains along with an area over northern Oklahoma
this evening. Light density smoke continues to extend predominantly
towards the northeast.
Eastern US...
Remnant smoke from ongoing fires in the Midwest combine with agricultural
burns from eastern North Carolina. Smoke blankets all of New England
including New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and extends as far south as
the South Carolina coast.
BLOWING DUST:
Saharan dust was visible over the entire western Gulf of Mexico this
evening. Dust may be visible inland over the Texas and Louisiana coast.
Dust originating from Mexico was also visible along California's
southeastern border and Arizona's southwestern border.
-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/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg
GIS: ftp://satpsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/FIRE/HMS/GIS/
KML: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/fire.kml (fire)
http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/smoke.kml (smoke)
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