DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0250Z August 6, 2020
SMOKE:
Western U.S./South-Central U.S./Southeastern U.S./Gulf of Mexico...
A large area of thin density smoke attributed to wildfires burning in
the western and southwestern U.S. was visible stretching from California
and Oregon eastward across the central and southern Rockies and
southeastward from there over the South Central U.S., a portion of the
Southeastern U.S., and the northern and central Gulf of Mexico.
Moderately dense smoke within this region stretched from the Apple Fire
in southern California northward over southeastern and eastern Nevada
(including Las Vegas), northwestern Arizona, and Utah, then eastward from
there over Colorado, southwestern Kansas, western Oklahoma, far northern
Texas, and far northeastern New Mexico. Thicker smoke was noted
emanating from the Pine Gulch Fire in western Colorado and extending
across central and southeastern Colorado. A smaller patch of thicker
smoke was visible near and east of the Apple Fire in southern California.
Farther to the northwest, thicker smoke was seen near the Red Salmon and
Six Rivers Fires in northwestern California with thinner density smoke
extending to the north over western Oregon nearly reaching Portland. A
north-south elongated separate ribbon of moderate density smoke likely
from the Apple Fire was noted across much of central Arizona, including
Phoenix, and extending to the south into northwestern Mexico.
Central and Eastern Canada/Great Lakes Region...
A huge mass of thin to moderate density remnant smoke from the wildfires
in Siberia was visible over much of central, south-central, and eastern
Canada with the southern edge of the thinner density smoke grazing the
northern portion of the Great Lakes region from northeastern Minnesota
and northern Wisconsin eastward to just north of Toronto and just west
of Ottawa in southeastern Canada.
DUST:
Caribbean Sea/Atlantic Ocean...
Relatively thin density Saharan dust was visible this morning over Puerto
Rico, Hispaniola, and the eastern Caribbean with an axis extending to the
northeast over the south central subtropical Atlantic. Farther to the
northwest, a north-south elongated swath was seen over the far western
Atlantic off the East Coast of the U.S. Another area of Saharan dust was
noted along and off the west coast of Africa stretching well to the west
over the tropical Atlantic.
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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)
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SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov