Friday, July 9, 2021

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z July 9, 2021


SMOKE:
Canada...
Wildfires across the Manitoba/Ontario border region and British Columbia
are producing moderate to thick smoke that is helping to produce a large
area of light to moderate density smoke that blankets nearly the entirety
of Canada from British Columbia and the Pacific Ocean to Newfoundland the
the Labrador Sea. The thcikest smoke in British Columbia and northern
Alberta continues to move northeastward, while the other thick area of
smoke across mainly western Ontario is being drawn eastward. A relatively
new area of fire activity has popped up over northern Saskatchewan. This
activity has not contributed much to the large area of remnant smoke,
but this activity has been seen producing light to moderate smoke plumes,
with ones in northwestern Saskatchewan moving southwest and northeastern
Saskatchewan moving southeast.

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 as far east as western Kentucky. A smaller area of
remnant smoke observed over the Desert Southwest and northern Gulf of
California may also have some of its origins from this activity late
last week into early this week. One fire in southeastern Oregon was
producing moderate smoke making its way out to the Pacific Ocean and
then being drawn south from there.


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.

Hosley

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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.