DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z July 08, 2019
SMOKE: Alaska/Western and Northern Canada/Northwestern U.S... Several wildfires remain active across Alaska and western Yukon Territory. A large heavy-density smoke plume covers most of central-southern Alaska, extending westward into Norton Sound and eastward across the Canadian border and into southwest Yukon Territory. Light density remnant smoke also covers the Gulf of Alaska. The smoke transport in Alaska is predominantly due south-southwest, and south-southeast in Yukon Territory. Central and Eastern Canada/Northern and Northeastern U.S... Wildfire activity is also observed this morning along the Manitoba-Ontario border. A large area of moderate-to-heavy density remnant smoke covers the Ontario province, extending southward over the Great Lakes area and eastward towards New England and the northwest Atlantic ocean. The smoke transport is predominantly due east following the higher level atmospheric flow. Bay of Campeche/Western Gulf of Mexico... A plume associated with gas flaring activity off of oil rigs in the Bay of Campeche is seen extending towards the northwest for approximately 400 miles over the western Gulf of Mexico. 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