DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z July 23, 2019
SMOKE:
Alaska/Canada/Northern and Central U.S...
Significant wildfire activity continued to be detected scattered
across a large region stretching from Alaska eastward over the Yukon,
portions of the Northwest Territories, northern Alberta, and northern
Saskatchewan. Smoke of varying density attributed to these wildfires was
visible covering a good part of Alaska, virtually all of western and
central Canada to as far east as southern Quebec. Thin to moderately
dense smoke from the Canadian and Alaskan fires also spread to the
southeast behind a frontal system and was seen extending from the
eastern Dakotas eastward over the Great Lakes region, and southward
over the Ohio Valley region and the Upper and Middle Mississippi Valley
region. In addition, a broad area of thin density smoke was visible in
spots over the Gulf of Alaska and off the coast of southwestern Canada
and the Pacific Northwest. Moderately dense to thick smoke was noted
across central and eastern Alaska and extending to the east over the
Yukon and the central and southern part of the Northwest Territories
and the far northern parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan. The thicker
smoke also moved southeast of there over northern and eastern Manitoba,
western Hudson Bay, and western Ontario.
Southwestern and Western U.S...
Widespread cloud cover across the Southwestern U.S. and portions of
the Western U.S. greatly limited smoke detection in satellite imagery
despite the presence of a few wildfires over New Mexico, Arizona, Utah,
Nevada, and Idaho.
Dust:
The leading edge of a broad area of Saharan dust was visible slowly
spreading to the west over Puerto Rico and the islands east of there.
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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