DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE
IMAGERY THROUGH 1900 UTC July 15, 2018.
NESDIS IS INVESTIGATING THE UTILITY OF THIS TEXT NARRATIVE. IF YOU FIND
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SMOKE:
Canada...
Several wildfires throughout Ontario are producing plumes of high-density
smoke. This smoke is moving east-southeastward. The remnant smoke from
Russia observed yesterday could not be easily tracked due to heavy
cloud cover.
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. The smoke has settled into the San Joaquin Valley. It
stretches from Sacramento to south of Fresno.
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.
Westbrook
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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