Sunday, July 28, 2019

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1602Z July 28, 2019

SMOKE:
Alaska/Canada/Central and Eastern U.S...
Cloud cover across much of central Alaska and the northern Canadian
territories prevented smoke identification in those areas, with the
exception of the northern tip of the Northwest Territories where
a large wildfire could be seen releasing heavy density smoke which
was spreading to the west-northwest towards the Beaufort Sea. A large
area of predominantly light smoke covers central-southern Alberta and
Saskatchewan and Manitoba, extending southward across the central and
eastern-northeast U.S. That large plume is linked to scattered fire
activity across southern Canada and central U.S. Smoke could be seen
accumulating in the upper levels of the atmosphere over Minnesota, Iowa,
Wisconsin and across the Great Lakes, in addition to areas to the east
including New England and Nova Scotia. Overall, the smoke is dispersing
towards the east following the upper level atmospheric flow.


Oregon/Northern California/Washington/Northern Idaho/Northwestern
Montana...
The Milepost 97 Fire in southwestern Oregon was producing thick smoke
in a plume extending south- and eastward from the fire covering southern
Oregon and northern California. Light-to-moderate density smoke extended
south along the northern California's coastline and northeast over Oregon,
Idaho, and Montana. The Left-hand fire in central Washington was also seen
releasing light-to-moderate density smoke dispersing towards the east.


DUST:
Puerto Rico/Caribbean Sea/Hispaniola/Cuba...
A large of area of Saharan dust was seen spreading westward across much
of the southern Caribbeank Sea, from the Lesser Antilles to the Yucatan
Peninsula, and from the South American coast to Puerto Rico, Hispaniola,
and Cuba.

Rodriguez


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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.