DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1647Z August 12, 2018.
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SMOKE:
Southern Canada/Much of the US with the exception of the Southern,
Southeastern, and far Eastern portions of the nation...
The ongoing major wildfire activity affecting portions of the western
US and western Canada continues to produce tremendous amounts of smoke
with an enormous area of varying density smoke blanketing virtually all
of the southern half of Canada and much of the US with the exception of
the region from a portion of Texas eastward to the Southeast US Coast and
northward from there to Maine. The highest density smoke covered central
Quebec west through central and northern Ontario, southern Manitoba and
southern Saskatchewan. The highest density smoke also extended south
into the central United States and northern Rockies.
BLOWING DUST:
Caribbean Sea/Gulf of Mexico...
An area of Saharan dust extended over much of the western Gulf of Mexico
and extended inland into portions of Texas and Louisiana.
Hanna
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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