DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z July 27, 2019
SMOKE:
Alaska/Canada/Central and Eastern U.S...
Cloud cover across much of Alaska and the northern Canadian territories
obscured likely smoke from the large wildfires in those areas, except for
some thin smoke mixed in with broken cloud cover moving westward across
the northern Yukon and far northwestern Northwest Territories. Elsewhere
across the North American continent, smoke likely originating from
these fires, as well as a large fire in Oregon, was observed from
southern Alberta to Manitoba, over much of the central, east-central,
and northeastern United States, southern Ontario and Quebec, and most
of the Canadian Maritime provinces. Cloud cover over northern Ontario
prevented observation of possible smoke there. Most of the observed
smoke was of thin density, although a region of moderate-density smoke
was seen moving southeastward over southern Manitoba, Minnesota, and
Wisconsin. An additional area of moderate smoke was seen over northern
New England and southern Quebec, moving generally northeastward.
Oregon/Northern California/Washington/Northern Idaho/Northwestern
Montana...
The Milepost 97 Fire in southwestern Oregon was producing thick smoke in
a plume extending southward from the fire, with moderate-density smoke
extending over northern California and then northeastward over eastern
Oregon. Thin smoke from this fire extended over southwestern Washington,
northern Idaho, and into northwestern Montana. An additional fire in
central Washington was also producing a plume of thin smoke extending
eastward.
Oklahoma/Kansas...
Several agricultural fires across western Oklahoma and central Kansas
were seen to be producing plumes of thin-density smoke moving quickly
northward.
DUST:
Puerto Rico/Caribbean Sea/Hispaniola/Cuba...
An area of Saharan dust was visible spreading westward across much of
the Carribean Sea, from the Lesser Antilles to the Yucatan Peninsula,
and from the South American coast to Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, and Cuba.
MC
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