DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z July 2, 2020
SMOKE:
Southwest United States…
Residual thin density smoke was seen this morning over far northeastern
Arizona, far southeastern Utah, much of Colorado, and the northwestern
half of New Mexico. This smoke was due to ongoing wildfire activity in
the Southwestern U.S. New production of moderate to locally thick smoke
was noted emanating from the Cub and Vics Peak Fires in southwestern New
Mexico, the Wood Springs 2 Fire in northeastern Arizona, and the Canal
Fire in central Utah.
Pacific Northwest…
An area of leftover thin density smoke was barely visible over portions
of western Washington and western Oregon and off the Pacific Northwest
coast. Cloud cover in the region and offshore to the west and northwest
over the Gulf of Alaska and inland over Alaska significantly limited
additional information on the extent and density of any residual smoke
in the region which was believed to be from wildfires burning in Siberia.
Much of the Central and Eastern U.S…
Thinner density aerosol was seen this morning with the lower sun angle
over a sizable portion of the Central and Eastern U.S. extending up over
South Central and Southeastern Canada as well. It is possible that some
leftover smoke mainly from the Southwestern U.S. wildfire activity may
compose at least some of this aerosol though it is not known for certain.
DUST:
Caribbean Sea/Central America/Eastern Pacific/Mexico/Gulf of
Mexico/Western Gulf Coast states/Florida/Southwest Atlantic…
Saharan dust was visible over approximately the northern half or so
of the Gulf of Mexico and extending inland over southeastern Texas,
Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas. The dust then spread to the
east across the Florida Panhandle, southern Georgia, and off the
Southeast U.S. coast. Another swath of Saharan dust was visible from
southern Florida across the Bahamas and northeastward from there over the
Atlantic. More Saharan dust was seen stretching from the western Caribbean
over southeastern Mexico and Central America and off the southern coast
of Mexico over the Pacific. Farther to the east, another very large mass
of Saharan dust was detected this morning over the far eastern Caribbean
and beginning to impact Puerto Rico. This dust extended well to the east
across the Atlantic all the way to the African coast.
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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