DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z August 14, 2019
SMOKE:
Gulf of Alaska/Western and Central Canada/Northeastern Canada...
A large area of smoke which was believed to be mainly from the recent
significant wildfire activity in Siberia could be seen over virtually
all of western and central Canada with some of the smoke also extending
to the west and southwest off the coast of northern British Columbia
toward the Gulf of Alaska. Widespread cloud cover was present over much
of Alaska which prevented smoke detection in satellite imagery so it is
possible that some of the smoke from Siberia may also be affecting Alaska
as well. Within the large area of thin density smoke was a moderately
dense to thick area which covered northern British Columbia, northern
and central Alberta, northern Saskatchewan, northern Manitoba, Nunavut,
and western Hudson Bay. Another batch of thinner density smoke also
likely from the Siberian fires was seen over far northeastern Canada
and extending to the east over the Labrador Sea. The stripe of thinner
density smoke over southeastern Canada and New England earlier this
morning was no longer visible.
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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