DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0336Z June 30, 2019
SMOKE:
Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territories, northern British Columbia and
northern Alberta....A very large smoke plume from the fires over
Alaska and Yukon was extending from portions of the eastern Northwest
Territories west through northern Alberta, northern British Columbia ,
Yukon and through much of Alaska. Moderate to very dense smoke covered
much of central Alaska and extending into the Yukon. Lighter smoke was
seen further to the east with an area of moderate smoke over northeastern
British Columbia.
Offshore the Mid Atlantic....An area of light remnant smoke from previous
days fires over the Southeast United States extended from just southeast
of New England west southwest towards the Mid Atlantic Coast.
Upper Midwest and northern Mid Atlantic....An area of light smoke from
yesterdays fires over the Southern Plains extended from the northern
Mid Atlantic to the Upper Midwest.
Southern Saskatchewan, Northern Rockies and Pacific Northwest....An
axis of light to moderate density smoke, from the fires over Alaska,
was extending from southern Saskatchewan, through northern Montana,
northern Idaho, southeast Washington and western Oregon.
DUST:
Western Gulf of Mexico....An area of Saharan dust extended along the
western Gulf of Mexico north into the western Gulf Coast states.
Eastern Caribbean....Another large area of Saharan dust was extended
from east of the Lesser Antilles west into the central Caribbean Sea.
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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 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)
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO:
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov