DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1810Z July 23, 2021
SMOKE:
Canada,United States, and Western Atlantic Ocean...
A large region of moderate to thick density smoke attributed to
smoke transport from widespread wildfire activity in the Western and
Northwestern U.S. as well as over Southwestern, South Central, and
Southeastern/Eastern Canada continues to be observed in GOES visible
satellite imagery. Moderate to thick density smoke this morning was
observed over the Southeast U.S. over the Carolinas, Northern Georgia,
Eastern Tennessee, and out over the Western Atlantic Ocean. Light to
moderate density smoke was observed over parts of the Western Atlantic
Ocean. Moderate to thick density smoke was also observed in West
Central Quebec southeast of the Hudson Bay from large wildfire complex
activity. Wildfire activity was also seen over Southwestern Ontario,
Southern Manitoba, and parts of Southern Saskatchewan. Moderate to
thick density smoke was observed moving northeastward from widespread
wildfire complex activity in Southern British Columbia as well as over
parts of the Northwestern U.S. including Northern Washington and Idaho
moving towards Southern Alberta Province and South Central Canada. A
large region of moderate to thick density smoke was observed from the
Dixie Fire in Northern California located east of Chico, where smoke
was observed progressing well northeast from the wildfire complex into
Southeastern Oregon, Southern Idaho, Northwestern Wyoming, and Southern
Montana in recent GOES visible satellite imagery.
Alaska and Northwestern Canada...
A large region light density smoke attributed to wildfire activity across
parts of central and east central Alaska as well as over the Yukon and
parts of the Northwest Territories was observed in this morning’s/early
afternoon’s GOES-17 visible satellite imagery over most of the region.
DUST:
Gulf of Mexico/Southern Mexico/Central America/Caribbean Sea/Atlantic...
A broad region of light to moderate density Saharan dust was observed
over most of the Eastern and Central Tropical Atlantic to as far west
over the Eastern Caribbean Sea including over Puerto Rico and the Lesser
Antilles. Saharan dust was also observed over the Western Gulf of Mexico
as well as over Southern Texas, coastal Eastern/Southern Mexico including
the Yucatan Peninsula, parts of Northern Central America, and over the
Bay of Campeche in this morning’s 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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