DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1602Z 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 from the Alaskan fires extended from the Great Lakes region
then southeast through the Mid Atlantic and over the Atlantic Ocean.


Southern Canada, Northern Rockies and Pacific Northwest....An axis
of light to moderate density smoke, from the fires over Alaska, was
extending from southern Canada, through northern Montana, northern Idaho,
Washington, Oregon, and northern California over the Pacific Ocean.

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.

Rodriguez

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

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.