DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0054Z July 7, 2021
SMOKE:
Alaska/Western and Central Canada...
Wildfires across Alaska and British Columbia are helping to produce a
large area of light to moderate density smoke that extends from Alaska and
southern British Columbia and northern Washington State into the Yukon
and Northwest Territories. From there, the smoke extends east across
Nunavut, northern Alberta, northern Saskatchewan, northern Manitoba,
far northwestern Ontario, and into Hudson Bay. Heavy smoke emissions were
observed from wildfires across British Columbia and the Manitoba/Ontario
border region. Smoke from these areas was generally moving eastward
across southern British Columbia and southwestward across the Manitoba
and Ontario border region.
Eastern CONUS/Southeastern Canada/Northwest Atlantic...
A layer of thin to moderate density remnant smoke was observed blanketing
much of the eastern CONUS, southern Ontario, southern Quebec, the Maritime
provinces, and out into the North Atlantic. The parent fire activity for
this smoke is the wildfire activity across the Manitoba/Ontario border. A
frontal system has allowed for the detachment of this area of smoke from
the active smoke emissions from that fire activity.
Pacific Northwest...
Two wildfires in southeastern Oregon, one in northern California, and
another located in northern Idaho were observed producing light to thick
smoke. Smoke from the fire in Idaho was moving east-southeastward into
northern Colorado, while the smoke from the fires in Oregon and northern
California was moving generally moving north and then spreading out in
all directions.
Dust:
Eastern Caribbean...
A thin layer of Saharan dust could be seen traveling westward across
the tropical Atlantic and encroaching upon the Windward Islands of
the Caribbean.
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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