DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0111Z July 8, 2021
SMOKE:
Canada...
Wildfires across the Manitoba/Ontario border region and British Columbia
are helping to produce a large area of light to moderate density smoke
that extends over most of Canada from British Columbia and northern
Washington State into the Yukon and Northwest Territories. From there,
the smoke extends east across Nunavut, northern Alberta, Saskatchewan,
Manitoba, 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.
Pacific Northwest...
Two wildfires in southern Oregon and one in northern California were
observed producing light to thick smoke. Smoke from the fire in Oregon
was moving east across the state while the smoke from the fire in northern
California was moving northeast in directions.
Arizona...
In central Arizona a light to heavy density smoke plume attributed to
wildfires was observed moving sothwest in direction.
Eastern CONUS/Southeastern Canada/North Atlantic...
A layer of thin to moderate density remnant smoke was observed
blanketing an area extending from Texas and Oklahoma into the Ohio
Valley and Mid-Atlantic. From there, the layer of smoke is being drawn
east-northeastward along a front into portions of the Maritime Provinces
and the North Atlantic. The parent fire activity for this smoke is the
wildfire activity across the Manitoba/Ontario border.
BLOWING DUST:
Eastern Caribbean...
Earlier Today,, A layer of moderate density to thick Saharan dust could
be seen traveling westward across the Lesser Antilles, with the leading
edge between Puerto Rico and Hispaniola. The northern edge resides close
to (27N, 60W).
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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