DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z August 13, 2019
SMOKE:
Alaska/Canada...
An expansive area of thin density smoke was visible over far eastern
and southeastern Alaska and offshore over the Gulf of Alaska. The smoke
then extended well to the east across the Yukon and the southern and
eastern parts of the Northwest Territories and western and southern
Nunavut as well as the northern portions of British Columbia, Alberta,
Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. The smoke then spread to the southeast
over the southern part of Hudson Bay and Ontario before becoming barely
discernible. Much of this smoke was believed to be long range transport
from the significant wildfires burning recently in Siberia though some
contribution from wildfires in southern Alaska and Northwest Canada
may also be present. Cloudiness over portions of Alaska and Canada did
interfere with information on the extent of the smoke from satellite
imagery.
Southern Montana/Dakotas...
A swath of leftover thin density smoke was gradually dissipating as it
moved farther to the east from southern and southeastern Montana over
the Dakotas. This smoke was likely from a fire which was actively burning
yesterday over eastern Idaho.
Northern Arizona/Southern and Eastern Utah/Southwestern
Colorado/Northwestern New Mexico...
Thick smoke was seen spreading to the northeast from several wildfires
burning in northern Arizona with the leading edge of some of the
thicker smoke from one of the plumes extending just over the border into
south central Utah. A larger surrounding area of thinner density smoke
attributed mainly to the fires in northern Arizona was visible earlier
in the day moving to the northeast over southeastern and eastern Utah,
southwestern Colorado, and northwestern New Mexico.
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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