DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1602Z July 15, 2019
SMOKE:
Alaska...
Moderate Density smoke from the fires throughout the state could be seen
blowing East into Canada. The full extent of the smoke could not be seen
due to heavy cloud cover over most of Alaska.
Central Canada...
Smoke, of moderate to heavy density, from the Alaskan and north Alberta
Canadian fires could be seen from the Northwest Territories across to
Hudson Bay.
Quebec, NE U.S., and Atlantic Ocean...
Light to medium density smoke plumes are seen from central Quebec and
it was moving SSE into Maine and eventually reaching the Atlantic Ocean.
There was a moderate to heavy density remnant smoke plume seen in the
middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
U.S. Central Plains and Mississippi Valley...
Possible remnant smoke from the Canadian fires or some type of aerosol was
seen moving south throughout the Mississippi Valley and Central Plains.
DUST:
Possible dust seen moving SE across the FL panhandle into the Gulf
of Mexico.
Rodriguez
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