DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z July 13, 2019
SMOKE:
Alaska/Yukon Territory/Western and Central Canada...
Moderate density smoke continues to blanket much of the southern
two-thirds of Alaksa. Several large wildfires in Alaska could be seen
producing heavy-density smoke, although cloud cover and the remnant smoke
obscured most of the area. Moderate-density smoke was also seen from
northern British Columbia to Hudson Bay this afternoon, drifting eastward.
Light-density smoke extended around this area from the eastern Yukon,
southeastward into the Canadian provinces, and eastward to Quebec.
Northern Plains/Great Lakes...
Areas of light-density smoke associated with the fires in Alaska and
Canada were seen across the north-central United States from Montana to
Idaho, generally drifting eastward.
Central/Southern Plains...
A number of agricultural fires in Oklahoma and Kansas were seen producing
plumes of light smoke, most of which were no longer attached to their
fires by sunset. The plumes were generally moving westward.
-MC
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