Thursday, July 12, 2018

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE
IMAGERY THROUGH 1802 UTC July 12, 2018.

NESDIS IS INVESTIGATING THE UTILITY OF THIS TEXT NARRATIVE. IF YOU FIND
THIS PRODUCT VALUABLE, PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL RESPONSE TO THE FOLLOWING
ADDRESS INDICATING HOW YOU AND/OR YOUR AGENCY USE THE INFORMATION. THANK
YOU. SEND EMAIL RESPONSE TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov.


SMOKE:
Canada...
A large area of light density remnant smoke likely originating from Russia
continues to be observed over much of northern Canada this morning,
as far as Nunavut and Hudson Bay, extending southward over Quebec to
at least the St. Lawrence River, and is predominately moving east and
southward. This area likely expands further over Ontario and Manitoba,
but is obscured by clouds. Another large area of light density remnant
smoke is seen over southern Alberta to southern Manitoba, also moving
eastward. Additionally, large wildfires located in northeastern Ontario
and western Quebec are producing moderate-to-heavy dense smoke plumes
extending northward initially and turning southward that are adding to
the upper level remnant smoke.

Ohio Valley to Mid-Atlantic...
An area of remnant smoke likely related to the fires and remnant smoke
in Canada is located from eastern Illinois and western Tennessee to the
Atlantic coast from New Jersey to Florida, and is drifting generally
southward.


DUST:
Caribbean...
An area of Saharan dust is moving westward across the Atlantic, extending
as far west as the Yucatan Peninsula and as far north as the Florida Keys.


Clark

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.