DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE
IMAGERY THROUGH 0200 UTC July 15, 2018.
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SMOKE:
Canada...
Areas of light density remnant smoke likely originating from Russia and
wildfires in central Canada continue to be observed over northeastern
Manitoba and northern Ontario, with a smaller region of moderate-density
remnant smoke within the larger area, moving southeastward. Another
region of light density remnant smoke, most likely from sources in
Russia, was also observed across the Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta,
Montana, southern Saskatchewan, and southern Manitoba. This region of
smoke was becoming incorporated within the eastern half of a cyclone
centered over northern Saskatchewan. In addition to the remnant smoke,
several wildfires throughout Ontario are producing plumes of high-density
smoke. This smoke is moving east-southeastward.
Central Sierras...
A wildfire in the Central Sierras was observed emitting dense smoke
this afternoon and evening. This smoke was moving in all different
directions. A lower layer of smoke was mainly moving off toward the south
with a small portion off toward the north and north-northwest, while
higher lofted smoke was moving off to both the west-northwest and the east
Colorado River Valley...
A wildfire erupted this afternoon on the California-Arizona Border. The
smoke emitted by this wildfire was very thick, with a pyrocumulus
having formed along with an overshooting top. The smoke from this fire
was moving off toward the south over far southeastern California into
northern Baja California.
Central and Eastern Washington State...
Three wildfires and two short-lived, presumably agricultural, fires were
observed emitting moderate density smoke this afternoon. The smoke from
the fires in eastern Washington was moving off toward the south and
southeast, while the smoke from the fires in central Washington was
moving off toward the north.
Labrador Sea...
An area of thin to moderate remnant smoke was observed across the Labrador
Sea moving off toward the west-southwest towards southern Greenland. The
source of this smoke is either wildfires across northern Russia, central
Canada, or a combination of both sources.
DUST:
Caribbean/Gulf of Mexico...
An area of Saharan dust was observed moving generally westward across
the tropical Atlantic and extends over the entire southern Gulf of Mexico
into south Texas.
Hosley
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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