DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z July 2, 2019
SMOKE:
Alaska/Northwestern and Western Canada/Northwestern U.S./South Central
Canada...
An expansive area of smoke primarily due to wildfires burning across
Alaska and the Yukon province of Northwestern Canada was visible over much
of the eastern half of Alaska extending to the east and southeast over
the Yukon in Northwestern Canada, western British Columbia, and along and
off the coast of southeastern Alaska and Western Canada. The smoke also
appeared along and off the coast of portions of the Pacific Northwest as
well as inland over Washington, Oregon, northern Idaho, northern Montana,
northern North Dakota, and the southern portions of British Columbia,
Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Information on the extent of the
smoke and the density was hindered by cloud cover over parts of Alaska
and Northwestern Canada though moderately dense to thick smoke was seen
covering the far southern Yukon and western British Columbia. In addition,
an aerosol was visible stretching from the Canadian Arctic region of
extreme Northwestern Canada southward over the Northwest Territories,
eastern British Columbia, and western Alberta. This aerosol may be
residual Sulfur Dioxide from a recent eruption of the Raikoke Volcano
in the Kuril Islands of the northern Pacific south of Kamchatka though
some smoke from fire activity in Alaska and Russia may be present as well.
South Central and Central Canada/Southeastern Canada/Far Northeastern
U.S...A number of large wildfires in eastern Manitoba and western Ontario
resulted in a significant area of smoke which impacted eastern Manitoba,
southeastern Nunavut, a portion of Hudson Bay, much of Ontario, and
the southern part of Quebec. The edge of the thinner leading portion of
the smoke appeared to spread south and east over far northern New York
and northern New England. The thickest smoke was located near and to
the east and northeast of the wildfires covering far eastern Manitoba,
the northern two-thirds of Ontario, and a portion of Hudson Bay.
Western Mexico...
Light density smoke may be present over a narrow portion of coastal
Western Mexico from recent fire activity in that region though it was
becoming difficult to detect the smoke in satellite imagery.
DUST:
Central/Caribbean Region/Bay of Campeche/Western Gulf of Mexico...
A Saharan dust layer was visible this morning over the Caribbean south
of Puerto Rico extending to the west over Jamaica to Central America and
the Yucatan Peninsula. Some of the dust also appeared to have spread over
the Bay of Campeche and the far western and southwestern Gulf of Mexico.
JS
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