DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z July 7, 2019
SMOKE:
Alaska/Western and Northwestern Canada/Western and Northwestern U.S...
Numerous wildfires scattered across Alaska and Yukon Province of
Northwestern Canada resulted in an expansive area of varying density smoke
which covered a large part of Alaska and off the west coast of Alaska over
the Bering Sea, as well as much of Western and Northwestern Canada. More
smoke likely attributed to these fires was visible across the Canadian
arctic region of far North Central Canada extending southward over
Hudson Bay and northern Quebec Province though it is possible that some
of the smoke over northeastern Canada may be from the wildfires burning
in South Central Canada(see next paragraph). Smoke from the Alaska and
Northwest Canada fire activity also stretched to the south off of the
southern coast of Alaska over the Gulf of Alaska and off the coast of
British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest and Northern California. The
relatively thinner density smoke then spread inland over the northern half
of California, much of Oregon and Washington, western and northern Nevada,
Idaho, and Montana. The thickest smoke within this enormous batch of smoke
was located closer to some of the wildfires burning in west central and
south central Alaska, and over much of eastern Alaska as well as the
Yukon of Northwestern Canada and far northwestern British Columbia.
Central and Eastern Canada/Northern and Northeastern U.S...
Significant wildfire activity over eastern Manitoba and western Ontario
was responsible for a large area of smoke of varying density which spread
over much of Central and Eastern Canada while also extending to the south
over the U.S. from the eastern Dakotas across the Great Lakes Region to
northern New England. Very thick smoke from these fires blanketed eastern
and southeastern Manitoba, southwestern Ontario, far eastern North Dakota,
west central and northern Minnesota, and a portion of Lake Superior and
the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. A relatively narrow band of moderately
dense smoke extended to the east over central and eastern Ontario and
into western and central Quebec.
Bay of Campeche...
An area of thin density smoke from the oil rigs in the Bay of Campeche
spread to the west and northwest during the day.
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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