DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z July 19, 2019
SMOKE:
Alaska/Canada...
Numerous wildfires continue to burn across portions of Alaska and
northwestern Canada resulting in an expansive area of smoke of varying
density which covers much of Alaska and extends off the coast of southern
Alaska over the Gulf of Alaska. The smoke also was visible over a
good portion of the Yukon and Northwest Territories, southern Nunavut,
much of Alberta and Saskatchewan, northern Manitoba, Hudson Bay, and
a portion of Quebec and the Canadian Maritimes of southeastern Canada
before spreading offshore over the Atlantic. The thickest smoke in the
region was seen closer to some of the wildfires in central and eastern
Alaska and near some of the wildfires in the Yukon, southern Nunavut,
and northern Alberta.
Eastern Pacific/Northern California/Southern Oregon/Western Idaho...
A leftover swath of mainly thin density smoke was visible stretching
from off the northern and central California coast extending inland over
northern California, southern Oregon, and west central Idaho. This smoke
was believed to be associated with the fire activity in Alaska.
Southwestern U.S./Central U.S...
Moderately dense to locally thick smoke was seen with some of the
wildfires burning in central Arizona and southwestern Colorado. A larger
area of thinner density smoke associated with these fires and with other
smaller wildfires burning in Arizona, New Mexico, and southwestern and
southeastern Colorado was noted extending from Arizona, New Mexico, and
southern and eastern Colorado to the east and northeast over portions
of the Central Plains.
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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