DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z July 10, 2019
SMOKE: Alaska/Yukon Territory/British Columbia/North Central Canada... Smoke from wildfire activity throughout Alaska and Yukon Territory has produced a large shield of varying density smoke. This smoke covers an area extending from the easternmost portions of Russia into the Yukon and from the Beaufort Sea across Alaska into the Gulf of Alaska. A portion of smoke from these fires has also made its way into central British Columbia. The most dense smoke resides from over Anchorage into south-central Yukon and from the northernmost Yukon to over the Yukon Delta NWR in western Alaska. Light to moderate density remnant smoke from these fires is also present across north-central Canada within a broad low/trough of low pressure. Northern, Central, and Eastern Canada/Northern and Northeastern U.S... Wildfire activity across northern Alberta, Manitoba, and Ontario form the past day or two has helped to produce a large area of varying density smoke extending from Central Canada into the North Atlantic towards the Azores. The most dense smoke resides over the Great Lakes and near one of the wildfire complexes in northern Alberta. Western/Central Mexico... Widespread fire activity persists along western Mexico, northwestern Veracruz, and the eastern Yucatan Peninsula. Pockets of moderate density smoke could be seen from the imagery. Light density smoke from these fires was stretching offshore to southwest over the Pacific and northward into the Bay of Campeche. YL 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