DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2316Z June 30, 2019
SMOKE: Alaska, Southern Canada, Western US.... Smoke originating from wildfires in Alaska and the western Yukon have blended together as they moved eastward across southern Canada. High density smoke remains predominantly over the Alaskan state this evening. Remnant moderately dense smoke can be seen to stretch from northern California to northwestern Montana and also from British Columbia to western Ontario. Heavy density smoke from several large wildfires near the central border of Manitoba and Ontario have joined the conglomerate. Upper Mississippi Valley, Ohio Valley, Mid Atlantic... An area of light density remnant smoke from from Alaskan wildfires extends from Minnesota and down through North Carolina and Virginia before exiting out and over the Atlantic Ocean. DUST: Gulf of Mexico.... An area of Saharan dust was visible over the northwestern portion of the Gulf of Mexico and also along the Texas border this evening. Caribbean.... An area of Saharan dust was observed in the central Caribbean Sea. BOLL 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