DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z July 12, 2021
SMOKE:
Western and Central United States...
A large region of moderate to thick density smoke attributed from wildfire
activity in northern California, southern Oregon, southeastern Washington,
northern Idaho, and western Montana was observed over most of the Northern
and Central Rockies as well as parts of the southwestern, south central,
north central and northwestern U.S. Thick density smoke was observed
over most of Southern Oregon, Northern California, Northwestern Nevada,
most of Idaho, Southern/Central Montana, Western Wyoming, Northern Utah,
Western Colorado, Eastern Arizona, most of New Mexico, and parts of West
Texas. Light density smoke was seen covering most of the western half
of the U.S and observed over the Southwestern and South Central/Central
U.S. including Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas,
and Louisiana in this evening GOES visible satellite imagery.
Canada,Central United States, and Northern New England...
Widespread wildfire activity was observed in Central Saskatchewan,
Central/Southern Manitoba, and Western Ontario. Wildfire activity was
also observed in the Southern Northwest Territories and Southern/Central
British Columbia Provinces. A large region of moderate to thick density
smoke attributed to all the widespread wildfire activity was observed over
most of Central and South Central Canada including the Southern Northwest
Territories, Central/Southern British Columbia, Northern/Central Alberta,
Southern Nunavut, most of Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and over Western
Ontario. Moderate to thick density smoke was also observed over the
North Central U.S. over Northern Michigan, Northern Wisconsin, most of
Minnesota, and over North/South Dakota. Light to moderate density smoke
was observed from smoke transport from the Canadian wildfire activity seen
over most of the Hudson Bay, Southern Ontario, Southern Quebec, most of
the Canadian Maritimes, and over Northern New England over Northern Maine.
Blue Ridge Mountains,Mid-Atlantic Region,Western Atlantic…
Earlier today, An area of light density smoke, likely from the wildfires
in the Western U.S. and in Central and Western Canada, was seen between a
break in the cloud cover along the Blue Ridge mountains in Tennessee/North
Carolina border, West Virginia, DELMARVA, southern Pennsylvania, southern
New Jersey and extending out into the DELMARVA western Atlantic ocean.
Northern Pacific Ocean...
A region of light density smoke was observed ahead of a weather system
over parts of the Northern Pacific Ocean.
DUST:
Western Atlantic/Caribbean Region/Gulf of Mexico...
A large region of Saharan dust was observed over parts of the Western
Atlantic east of the Bahamas and north of Puerto Rico. Saharan dust
was also observed over a large region of the Eastern/Central Tropical
Atlantic. Saharan dust was also seen over portions of the central
Caribbean Sea as well as over Puerto Rico and the Lesser Antilles. A
region of light density Saharan dust was observed over most of the Central
and Western Gulf of Mexico in this evening GOES visible satellite imagery.
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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