DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0015Z August 3, 2020
SMOKE:
Western US including California/Arizona/Southern Nevada and Northwest
Mexico ...
A large area of mostly stagnant and thick density smoke from the
Apple fire in Riverside County/CA is seen spreading over southeastern
California, western Arizona, and and southeastern Nevada. Additional
fire activity and associated smoke impact was observed across northern
California, with plumes being transported east-northeast towards
northwestern Nevada and southern Oregon.
Canada and the North Central United States...
Moderate density smoke originated from Siberian wildfires continue
to travel eastward through Canada and northern United States. The
highest concentrations are found across central-northern Canada,
including northeastern Saskatchewan, central-northern Manitoba, the
Northwestern Territories and Nunavut. Lighter density smoke could also
be seen stretching from eastern British Columbia to central Ontario,
and into the Dakotas, Minnesota and Iowa.
SAHARAN DUST:
An area of light density Saharan dust was observed over the Atlantic
Ocean approximately 500 miles south-southeast of Bermuda.
WS
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