DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0235Z August 3, 2019
SMOKE:
Alaska/Canada/Northern Plains/Great Lakes...
A large area of remnant smoke from Russian wildfires and large complex
fires in Alaska and Northwest Territories were moving across northern
Canada that extended across Alaska, Canada, the Great Lakes, and the
North Atlantic. Cloud cover across much of Alaska and portions of central
Canada may obscure any smoke plumes across these areas. The heaviest
smoke was located across the Northwest Territories, and from an intense
and persistent wildfire across the northwestern Northwest Territories.
The smoke from this fire, along with a number of other fires across
Alaska and Northwest Territories, was observed moving northeast. The
large area of remnant smoke was moving generally east.
Northwest US...
A region of light density smoke was observed over portions of Oregon,
Southeastern Washington, Northern California, Idaho, Montana, and
into North Dakota. Several small complex fires and a couple of large
complex fires were observed in portions of Oregon, Washington, Idaho,
and Montana. Moderate to heavy density smoke was observed close to the
vicinity of the fire activities progressing northeastward this evening.
DUST:
Eastern Caribbean...
A thin region of Saharan dust was observed across the eastern Caribbean
and the area of the Atlantic Ocean north of the Caribbean. This area
of Saharan dust was slowly moving off toward the west into the central
Caribbean.
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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