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