DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1840Z July 18, 2021

SMOKE:
Atlantic...
A detached light density plume was detected from just northeast of the
Bahamas extending to south of Nova Scotia to southeast of Newfoundland.
Moderate density smoke within this plume was found in a small area
southeast of Nova Scotia and south of Newfoundland.

Eastern Canada...
A very large light to moderate density plume from wildfires to the west
cover most of this area.

Northern U.S/South-Central and Southwestern Canada...
A huge area of smoke varying from light to heavy density covers most of
the northern half of the U.S. and most of south-central and southwestern
Canada.  Much of this smoke is due to large, ongoing wildfires in far
southwestern Ontario, southeastern Manitoba, the northern Rockies,
southeastern British Columbia, the Pacific Northwest, and northern
California.

Northwestern Canada/Alaska/Pacific...
A large area of light density smoke covers all of the Northwestern
Territories and the Yukon, eastern Alaska, and the Pacific waters south
of Alaska to about 40 degrees N latitude.


DUST:
Caribbean...
A light density plume of Saharan dust was detected over the Lesser
Antilles and eastern Caribbean.

Konon


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.