DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0105Z July 9, 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, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba,
Ontario, across Hudson Bay and into most of Quebec. Active heavy
smoke emissions were observed from wildfires across British Columbia
and the Manitoba/Ontario border region. Smoke from these areas was
generally moving east-northeastward across central British Columbia and
east-northeastward across the Manitoba and Ontario, respectively. Some
remnant smoke from the Manitoba-Ontario border region was seen across
the Mississippi Valley as well.
Northeastern US/Maritime Canada/North Atlantic...
Light remnant smoke from likely both main Canadian sources above was also
observed extending east-northeast from the Mid-Atlantic and northeastern
CONUS across the Canadian Maritime Provinces.
Pacific Northwest...
Wildfires across northern California, Oregon, and Idaho have been and
are still producing moderate to thick smoke. The smoke from these fires
was seen extending into northern Wyoming Nevada and Montana. New and
remnant density smoke from these fires was observed wrapping around the
area and a potion extends down into the Mississippi Valley mixing with
the smoke from the fires in Canada.
Eastern CONUS, Canada, North Atlantic...
A layer of thin to moderate density remnant smoke was observed blanketing
an area around the Carolinas. 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:
Central and Eastern Caribbean...
A layer of moderate density to thick Saharan dust could be seen traveling
into the western portion of the Caribbean Sea.
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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