DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z August 23, 2019
SMOKE:
Northern/Central Canada...
An area of thin smoke was seen this morning across much of the Northwest
Territories, likely originating from fires in other portions of the
Arctic. Extensive cloud cover across much of Canada likely prevented
analysis of the full extent of this smoke. An additional wisp of thin
smoke was moving eastward over northern Ontario, likely related to Arctic
fires in combination with a fire burning in far western Ontario.
Southwestern U.S...
Several wildfires in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah were seen emitting emitting
mainly narrow plumes of light-density smoke. These plumes were mainly
moving to the east and north.
Alaska...
An area of thin smoke likely originating from a large wildfire on the
Kenai Peninsula was seen this morning over the Gulf of Alaska, drifting
eastward. Scattered cloud cover was obscuring this and other fires
in southern Alaska, preventing analysis of any smoke plumes directly
connected to these fires.
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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