DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0115Z July 22, 2019
SMOKE:
Alaska and Canada....
An area of moderate-to-heavy density remnant smoke could be seen
stretching across northern Canada from northern Yukon Territory to
the Beaufort Sea. Another area of higher smoke concentration was seen
covering northern Alberta and Saskatchewan and the southeast portion of
the Northwest Territories. Moderate-to-light density smoke extends into
Ontario and central-southern Quebec. A few smoke plumes could be seen
across central Alaska although cloud coverage prevents their adequate
delineation. The smoke is progressing off towards the east following
the higher level atmospheric flow.
Mid-Atlantic...
An area of light-density detached smoke likely associated with previous
days fire activity in Canada was seen covering parts of the Virginia,
Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey and extending eastward over the
Atlantic ocean for approximately 1,000 miles.
Arizona/New Mexico...
A few wildfires remain active in central and northern Arizona and western
New Mexico. Smoke plumes were dispersing predominantly towards the east
in Arizona, and towards the south in New Mexico while impacting the
areas to within 100 miles of the wildfires.
Idaho...
Three distinct fires form a cluster of fire activity in central Idaho
with moderate density smoke dispersing towards the northeast, impacting
an area extending for approximately 150 miles from the fires.
Dust:
Southern Caribbean Sea....
A large region of Saharan Dust covered much of the southern Caribbean
Sea this afternoon and early evening hours. The dust is progressing
towards the west reaching eastern Nicaragua and Honduras.
WS
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