DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE
IMAGERY THROUGH 1900Z July 19, 2018.
NESDIS IS INVESTIGATING THE UTILITY OF THIS TEXT NARRATIVE. IF YOU FIND
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SMOKE:
Manitoba/Ontario...
Several wildfires over far southwestern Ontario and far southeastern
Manitoba
are spreading a large moderately dense plume eastward to James Bay. A
thick plume was seen in imagery earlier this morning becoming less dense
as the day wore on.
British Columbia/Washington...
Wildfires close to the U.S. border in British Columbia are emitting
thin/moderate plumes to the north.
Oregon...
A large wildfire in the north-central part of the state just south of the
Washington State border is producing a thin plume to the northeast along
the Washington/Oregon border.
Several wildfires in the southwestern part of the state have an extensive
thin plume southwest to the Eureka/Crescent City CA area and also eastward
to the southeastern part of the state and far northwestern Nevada.
Moderate/thick plumes are spreading slowly in erratic directions for
tens of miles around the wildfires themselves.
California...
The wildfire near Yosemite National Park continues to spread plumes in
the San Joaquin valley. Today the smoke was seen curving southwest out
towards the Pacific.
Texas...
The fire located in the southeastern Panhandle is emitting smoke in
multiple directions some of which is moderately thick.
DUST:
Texas/Gulf of Mexico...
An area of suspended SAL dust linked to long-range transport from the
Sahara was seen along the Texas Gulf coast.
-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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