DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1900Z August 5, 2018.

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SMOKE:
Canada...
Scattered fires in central and northwest British Columbia contribute
light-to-moderate density smoke to that region. Individual smoke plumes
are seen moving towards the east. A large area of high level smoke from
previous-day fires extend eastward across central-northern Alberta and
into central Saskatchewan.


Western United States....
Large wildfires continue to burn in northern California and southwest
Oregon releasing heavy density smoke plumes near the source that are
seen accumulating throughout Sacramento and northern San Joaquin valleys
as the smoke travels towards the north-northeast. Higher level smoke
is also seen covering much of northern California, southeast Oregon,
northern Nevada, southeast Idaho and southwest Montana.

DUST:
Caribbean Sea....
Saharan dust is seen progressing eastward covering much of the Caribbean
Sea and advancing towards the Yucatan peninsula this afternoon.

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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
Remnant higher level smoke from previous-day burning can be seen covering
much of Alberta and central-southern Saskatchewan.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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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.