DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0220Z July 22, 2021
SMOKE:
Canada/U.S...The huge expanse of smoke of varying density attributed to
significant wildfire activity in central, south central, and southwestern
Canada along with the northwestern and western U.S. was again visible
covering nearly all of Canada and much of the U.S. with the exception
of the Southeast, a portion of the Southwest, and the western portions
of California, Oregon, and Washington. Thick smoke from fires in east
central and northeastern California and south central Oregon spread to the
northeast and merged with thick smoke produced by wildfires in central
and eastern Washington, northern Idaho, western Montana, and southern
British Columbia. From there the thicker smoke extended to the east over
south central Canada and the north central U.S. and then to the south and
southeast over roughly the northern half of the country from the Central
Plains to the Mid-Atlantic region and the Northeast. Smoke also extended
well off the U.S. east coast across a significant portion of the Atlantic.
Alaska/Northwestern Canada…
Wildfires scattered across central and east central Alaska, the Yukon,
and portions of the Northwest Territories in northwestern Canada were
responsible for a broad area of varying density smoke which covers eastern
Alaska and much of northwestern and north central Canada with the eastern
and southern portions of the smoke likely mixing with smoke from the fires
farther south and east in Canada. Farther to the west, significant cloud
cover over central and western Alaska precluded further smoke analysis.
DUST:
Caribbean/Atlantic...
A thin to moderate batch of Saharan dust was observed moving westward
across virtually the entire Caribbean region including Puerto Rico,
Hispaniola, and Cuba. The western edge of the dust layer reach into
northern Central America and the Yucatan Peninsula.
Eglin
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