DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z July 9, 2019
SMOKE:
Alaska/Western and Northern Canada/Northwestern U.S...
Similar to the past few days, significant wildfire activity across
Alaska and the Yukon Province of Northwestern Canada has resulted in a
very large area of smoke which stretched from the Bering Sea over much
of Alaska as well as Northwestern and Western Canada. The smoke also was
noted offshore over the Gulf of Alaska and off the Western Canada coast
southward to off the Northwest U.S. coast. The smoke then spread inland
over roughly the northern half of California, much of Washington and
Oregon, the northern half of Nevada, much of Idaho, and likely across
the western half of Montana. The smoke then continued to spread to the
northeast over Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba Provinces in Canada
before becoming obscured by cloudiness over Hudson Bay. The thickest
smoke was visible across southwestern, south central, and a good portion
of eastern Alaska as well as the southwest part of the Yukon and far
northwest British Columbia. Another patch of relatively thicker smoke
was located around southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon and
into Idaho within a mid/lower level low pressure circulation.
Central and Eastern Canada/Northern and Northeastern U.S...
The wildfires burning in eastern Manitoba and western Ontario became
obscured by thicker cloudiness during the day though widespread and
significant remnant smoke was seen over much of Ontario, southwestern
Quebec, and over much of the U.S. Great Lakes Region. Some of the moderate
density smoke moved to the southeast and across the New York City metro
area during the afternoon/evening. Relatively thinner density smoke was
noted over eastern Hudson Bay and the remainder of Quebec and along/off
of the southeastern Canadian Maritimes. Additional smoke was visible over
Greenland and the Labrador Sea as well as far Northern Canada though it
is not known if this smoke was due to the Manitoba-Ontario fires, the
fires in the Yukon and Alaska, or fires in Russia, or some combination
of all of these.
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 spreading to the west and northwest over the Bay
of Campeche and the far western Gulf of Mexico.
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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