DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z July 1, 2019
SMOKE:
Alaska/Canada/Northwestern U.S...
A very large area of generally thin to moderately dense smoke was visible
extending from central and eastern Alaska across Western Canada and
extending over much of Southern and Central Canada from Alberta to central
Quebec. A portion of the smoke also covered part of the Northwestern
U.S. and off the coast of the Northwestern U.S. and Southwestern Canada
over the nearby Pacific. Cloudiness over portions of Central and Western
Canada, Alaska, and off the coast of Alaska, Western Canada, and the
Pacific Northwest did interfere with some information on the extent and
density of smoke coverage from satellite imagery. The source of this smoke
was from a combination of wildfires burning in Alaska and the Yukon of
Northwestern Canada and another batch of wildfires located over eastern
Manitoba and western Ontario. Thicker smoke was seen over southeastern
Alaska and the southern part of the Yukon and the northwestern part of
British Columbia in Northwestern Canada. Another area of thicker smoke was
visible near and to the east of the wildfires burning in eastern Manitoba
and western Ontario. This thicker smoke extended to the east across
Ontario and the southern portion of Hudson Bay to west central Quebec.
Mexico...
A possible area of thin density smoke was noted across much of far western
Mexico and just offshore of western and southern Mexico. This smoke was
due to ongoing seasonal and wildfire activity over western Mexico.
UNKNOWN AEROSOL:
Central and Southeastern U.S...
An aerosol was visible early this morning across a portion of the Central
and Southeastern U.S. from the Mid-Mississippi Valley to the Carolinas
and off the Southeast Coast. It is possible that some of this aerosol
may be composed of smoke, possibly from the wildfires burning in Canada,
which has become trapped under a large area of high pressure.
DUST:
Caribbean Region...
A large area of Saharan dust was visible this morning extending
westward across a portion of the tropical Atlantic and over Puerto Rico,
Hispaniola, southern Cuba, Jamaica, and the Yucatan Peninsula.
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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)
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SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov