DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z July 10, 2021
SMOKE:
Western and Central U.S…
Wildfires in northern California, southern Oregon, southeastern
Washington, northern Idaho, and western Montana were responsible for
a large mass of varying density smoke which covered a good portion of
the Western, North Central, and Central U.S. Moderately dense to thick
smoke was present over portions of northern California, southern and
eastern Oregon, northern Nevada, northern Utah, eastern Washington, much
of Idaho, and western Montana. Swaths of moderate to locally thicker
density smoke also were seen spreading to the southeast over parts of
the central Rockies to the Central Plains. Cloudiness extended from the
Central U.S. to the Appalachians which limited information on any smoke
which may be present in that area.
Canada/Far North Central U.S…
Numerous wildfires in Central and Western Canada were producing
significant amounts of smoke with an enormous area of thicker smoke
seen blanketing a good portion of Western and Central Canada. The smoke
gradually narrowed and thinned out as it spread to the southeast and east
over South Central and Southeastern Canada. The southern edge of this
smoke also grazed the North Central and Northeastern portions of the U.S.
Mid-Atlantic Region/Northeast/Western Atlantic off the Southeast coast
of Canada…
A swath of thin density leftover smoke likely from the wildfires in the
Western U.S. and in Central and Western Canada was visible this morning
across the Mid-Atlantic region and extending to the northeast along and
off the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast coastal regions. Additional patches
of thin density smoke likely from the fires in the Western U.S. and
Canada were noted to the southeast of far southeastern Canada over the
Atlantic. Some cloud cover in these areas though did interfere with
additional information on the extent of the smoke in satellite imagery.
DUST:
Gulf of Mexico/Bahamas/Southeastern Mexico/Northern Central
America/Caribbean Region...
Generally thin to moderate density Saharan dust was seen this morning
across a good portion of the Gulf of Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula,
northern Central America, the Bahamas, and much of the Caribbean region. A
larger area of thicker Saharan dust was also seen farther to the east
over much of the tropical and subtropical Atlantic stretching all the
way to the source of the dust over western Africa.
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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