DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z July 2, 2021
SMOKE:
Pacific Northwest United States...
Wildfire activity in northern California and Oregon has produced a region
of light to moderate and thick density smoke. Thick density smoke was
observed over northern California and Southern Oregon. Light to moderate
density smoke was observed over Central Oregon, eastern Washington,
northern Idaho, and far western Montana. Active moderate to, at times,
thick emissions were seen from the Lava and Tennant wildfire complexes in
northern California with smoke moving mainly north and smoke from the Salt
Fire is moving west in this evening’s GOES visible satellite imagery.
Canada...
A large mass of moderate to thick density smoke was observed stretching
from southern British Columbia north into the Northwest Territories, then
east across Nunavut, and then becoming incorporated into an area of high
pressure over northern/central Saskatchewan, northern/central Manitoba,
and the western portions of Hudson Bay. The smoke was mainly observed
in the region of the strong high pressure, but some smoke was observed
across the Hudson Bay region. The large mass of smoke is attributed
from a combination of wildfire activity across British Columbia and the
western CONUS, as well as possibly some minor contribution from wildfire
activity in Alaska and the Yukon. Active smoke plumes were observed
moving north-northwest as well as southward across southern British
Columbia Province in this evening’s GOES visible satellite imagery.
Northern Central United States/South Central Canada...
A region of moderate to thick density smoke attributed from wildfire
activity in Southwestern Ontario and Southeastern Manitoba Provinces
was observed over Southwestern Ontario, Southern Manitoba, Eastern
North Dakota/South Dakota, Eastern Nebraska, Western Wisconsin, Northern
Missouri, Western Illinois, and most of Iowa and Minnesota. Active smoke
plumes were observed progressing both to the northwest and southeast in
this evening’s GOES visible satellite imagery.
Central/Eastern Alaska and Northern Yukon...
Wildfire activity was observed emitting thick density smoke. Smoke from
the wildfire activity in central Alaska was moving west, while smoke from
the wildfire in eastern Alaska was filling up a valley before moving
off toward the east-northeast towards the Northern Yukon observed in
this evening’s GOES visible satellite imagery.
Arizona...
A wildfire complex to the north of the Phoenix area and to the northwest
of Black Canyon, Arizona was observed emitting moderate to thick density
smoke progressing southward in this evening’s GOES visible satellite
imagery.
DUST:
Tropical Atlantic/Eastern and Western Caribbean...
A large region of Saharan dust was observed moving westward across the
tropical Atlantic and was observed across the northern Windward Islands
and the Leeward Islands around the northern periphery of Tropical Storm
Elsa. Saharan dust was also observed over Puerto Rico, eastern Hispaniola,
east of the Bahamas, and over parts of the Western Caribbean Sea in this
evening’s GOES visible satellite imagery.
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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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