DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE
IMAGERY THROUGH 1900 UTC July 3, 2018.

NESDIS IS INVESTIGATING THE UTILITY OF THIS TEXT NARRATIVE. IF YOU FIND
THIS PRODUCT VALUABLE, PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL RESPONSE TO THE FOLLOWING
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SMOKE:
California...
The Pawnee Fire located near west-central California continues to burn
with moderate density smoke moving towards the southwest and over San
Francisco. A large plume composed of light density smoke from the fire
is seen spreading along the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys, and into
northwest Nevada.

Nevada/Utah/Colorado...
The Hogan fire located in northeastern Nevada is emitting light-to-density
smoke moving northeast into Utah. The Dollar Ridge Fire in northeast Utah
is producing moderate-density smoke spreading to the east into northwest
Colorado. The Spring Creek fire in central-south Colorado is also seen
emitting moderate-density smoke plume moving towards the east-northeast
approaching the Kansas state border.

Great Plains...
A large area of remnant light density smoke covers much of the Great
Plains, stretching from southern North Dakota to northern Oklahoma. The
majority of the smoke originates from the wildfires in Colorado. The bulk
of the smoke is moving towards the northeast following the 500mb flow.

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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)
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.