DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z July 16, 2019
SMOKE:
Alaska/Western and Central Canada...
Several large wildfires in Alaska continues to produce heavy density
smoke. Moderate density smoke blankets much of the Alaska and could be
seen blowing east into Canada. Moderate to heavy density smoke was also
seen from North British Columbia to Hudson Bay this afternoon, drifting
eastward. Light density smoke from these fires were moving east and has
spread long distance along with the upper level flow off to Quebec.
Central/Southern Plains...
A number of agricultural fires in Oklahoma and Kansas were seen producing
plumes of light smoke. The plumes were generally moving north/northeast
with the upper level flow.
Quebec/NE U.S./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.
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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