Monday, July 12, 2021

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1624Z 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
portions of Southern, California, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah,
Colorado, 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. from
the ongoing wildfire activity.

Canada,Central United States...
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. Moderate to thick density smoke
was also observed over the North Central U.S. over portions of Wisconsin,
Minnesota, and the Dakotas. Light to moderate density smoke was observed
from smoke transport from the Canadian wildfire activity seen over most
of the Hudson Bay, and portions of Ontario and Quebec.

Northern Pacific Ocean...
A region of light density smoke was observed ahead of a weather system
over parts of the Northern Pacific Ocean.

DUST:
Tropical Atlantic Ocean to the southeastern Caribbean Islands…
Thick Saharan Dust was observed extending from Africa across the tropical
Atlantic Ocean across the Lesser Antilles and into the western half of
the Caribbean Sea encroaching on Central America.

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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

 


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.