DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1850Z August 24, 2019
SMOKE:
Alaska/Gulf of Alaska...
Several large wildfires were observed in southwest and south central
Alaska from the imagery. Moderate to heavy density smoke was observed
in the vicinity of the fires. Thinner density smoke was visible over
much of southern Alaska and offshore over the Gulf of Alaska. Cloud
cover over other parts of Alaska and northwestern Canada limited smoke
detection in satellite imagery in those areas.
Northern Canada...
Significant fire activity was seen in northern Alberta producing plumes
of moderate to high density smoke extending eastward. A swath of possible
thin density leftover smoke which could be from significant wildfire
activity which had been occurring in Siberia over the past month or so
was visible over Northwest Territories and Nunavut of far northern Canada.
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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