DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE
IMAGERY THROUGH 1800 UTC July 13, 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...
Areas of light density remnant smoke likely originating from Russia and
wildfires in eastern Canada continue to be observed over much of northern
Canada this morning, over northeastern Manitoba, northern Ontario,
and Labrador. This smoke is circulating around a large low pressure
center over Hudson Bay, whose clouds also likely obscure the full extent
of the smoke. A wildfire in northern Manitoba is producing a plume of
moderate-heavy density smoke moving eastward. A wildfire in western Quebec
is producing a moderate-density smoke plume moving generally northward.
Eastern United States...
Areas of remnant smoke related to the Canadian smoke are located over
much of the east coast, extending from Massachusetts to Georgia, westward
to Illinois and Texas.
DUST:
Caribbean/Gulf of Mexico...
An area of Saharan dust is observed moving generally westward across
the tropical Atlantic, extending as far west as the Bay of Campeche 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