DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z July 3, 2019
SMOKE:
Alaska/Northwestern and Western Canada/Northwestern U.S...
A large area of smoke was visible using GOES17 Visible Satellite
imagery. Light density smoke was observed across most of Central and
Eastern portions of Alaska. Light density smoke was also visible in
most of Yukon Province as well as coastal British Columbia Province. A
large area of Moderate and a smaller region of Heavy density smoke from
the wildfire complex south of Anchorage was observed off shore south of
the Kenai Peninsula over the Northeastern Pacific. Moderate and heavy
density smoke was observed close to and in the vicinity of the fire
complexes. Moderate and heavy density smoke is present over most of
Central and Southern portions of Yukon Province as well as coastal and
Western British Columbia. The smoke in these regions is likely from fire
complex activity in Yukon Province and in Alaska with smoke progressing
southeastward this evening.
An aerosol was visible earlier in the day, stretching from the Canadian
Arctic region of extreme Northwestern Canada southward over the Northwest
Territories, Coastal British Columbia, Northwestern Alberta, and now off
the coast of Southwestern Oregon. 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 within
the Aerosol cloud feature.
South Central/Central Canada/Southeastern Canada/Northern portions of
the Northeastern U.S...
Several large complex fires are burning in parts of Eastern Manitoba and
Western Ontario Province. A large area of light density smoke was observed
over most of Eastern Manitoba, Ontario, Southern/Central Quebec, and
over Northern portions of the Northeastern US. Moderate and heavy density
smoke was observed over most of Eastern Manitoba, Central/Northern Ontario
and progressing over Southwestern parts of Hudson Bay. Moderate to heavy
density smoke was observed close to and in the vicinity of the fires. The
smoke from these fires is progressing Northeastward this evening.
Western Mexico...
Fire activity across Western Mexico along the Eastern Pacific has produced
an area of light density smoke in the region. Moderate and heavy density
smoke was observed closer to an in the vicinity of some of the fires. The
smoke from these fires is progressing southward this evening.
DUST:
Central/Southern Caribbean Region/Yucatan Peninsula/Bay of
Campeche/Southwestern and Western Gulf of Mexico...
Saharan dust has progressed from the Eastern Atlantic off of Western
Africa into portions of the Central/Southern Caribbean Sea, the Yucatan
Peninsula, and off towards the North and West over portions of the
Bay of Campeche into Southwestern and Western portions of the Gulf of
Mexico. The dust is progressing Northwestward into portions of coastal
Eastern Mexico and South Texas this evening.
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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)
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO:
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov