DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0045 July 05, 2019
SMOKE: Alaska/Northwestern Canada... Several wildfires remain active in eastern Alaska and western Yukon province. Moderate-to-heavy density smoke could be observed near those fires with general transport towards the east. Widespread cloud coverage prevented delineation of smoke plumes across much of the region. Heavy smoke from the Swan Lake fire in the Kenai Peninsula is shifting direction impacting areas northeast (Anchorage) and east-southeast (Sterling). Central and Southeastern Canada/Northeastern U.S... Scattered fire activity across central-northern Alberta, central-southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and western Ontario were contributing to a large area of light-density smoke stretching from central Alberta to northern Ontario. Fires in western Ontario gained intensity during the afternoon hours releasing heavy smoke towards the east impacting much of central-northern Ontario. Another area consisting of light-to-moderate density smoke originating from previous days fire emissions in central Canada could also be seen covering much of northeastern U.S. extending northeasterly over southern Greenland and southeasterly for approximately 1,000 miles over the Atlantic ocean. Northwestern U.S... Light density residual smoke likely linked to wildfires in Alaskan and northwestern Canada could be seen covering central-eastern Washington. A few scattered fires were contributing additional smoke to that regional plume, spreading towards the northeast towards northern Idaho. Arizona/New Mexico... Wildfires in eastern Arizona and western New Mexico were emitting moderate-to-heavy density smoke spreading towards to northeast. The Whiting Knoll fire was particularly active releasing a heavy smoke plume extending over St. Johns and across the New Mexico border. DUST: Western Gulf of Mexico... Saharan dust was visible covering the western Gulf of Mexico reaching the southern Texas coastline. WS 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