DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z July 25, 2021
SMOKE:
Western United States and Southern Canada...
Widespread wildfire activity across parts of the Western U.S. and Southern
Canada were responsible for a broad region of moderate to thick density
smoke seen in recent satellite imagery. Thick density smoke was observed
over the Dixie and Bootleg wildfire complexes this morning. Wildfire
activity over the Northwestern U.S. and Southern British Columbia was
also observed this morning. Thick density smoke was observed over most
of Southern British Columbia, Southern Alberta, extending southeastward
into Southern Saskatchewan, and into the North Central U.S. including the
Dakotas, Minnesota, and Northern Iowa. Thick density smoke was observed
as well over Eastern Washington, most of Idaho, most of Montana, most of
Oregon, Northern California, Northern Nevada, Northern Utah, and Western
Wyoming. Moderate density smoke was seen covering most of the Northern
Rockies. Light density smoke was observed covering most of the Western
U.S. except the southwest U.S, but was seen over most of California in
this morning’s GOES visible satellite imagery.
Southeast United States, Northern Gulf of Mexico, and Western Atlantic
Ocean...
Smoke transport from widespread wildfire activity over the Western
U.S. and parts of Southern Canada was seen in this morning’s GOES
visible satellite imagery. Light to moderate density smoke was observed
over the Southeastern U.S., Maryland, Delaware, and as well as parts
of the Northern Gulf of Mexico and parts of the Western Atlantic Ocean
extending eastward out to Bermuda in recent satellite imagery.
South Central Canada including Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Ontario...
Widespread wildfire activity over parts of Southeastern Manitoba, Southern
Saskatchewan, and Southwestern Ontario was responsible for a large region
of moderate to thick density smoke observed covering most of Ontario,
parts of the Northern Great Lakes, and progressing southeastward towards
Southern Hudson Bay, James Bay, Northern Michigan, and Southwestern
Quebec in this morning’s GOES visible satellite imagery.
Northeastern Alaska and Northern Canada...
Wildfire activity was observed in parts of Northeastern Alaska, the
Northern Yukon, and in the Northwest Territories, where light density
smoke was observed over most of the region. Light to moderate density
smoke was also observed over most of Northern Canada from smoke transport
from the fire activity. Moderate to thick density smoke was observed
over parts of the Northwest Territories in this morning’s GOES visible
satellite imagery.
DUST:
Caribbean Sea, Central and Western Atlantic Ocean...
A large region of Saharan dust was observed over most of the Central
Tropical Atlantic extending westward over parts of the Western Atlantic
to the north of Puerto Rico over Bermuda. Saharan dust was also observed
over parts of the Eastern and Central Caribbean over the Northern Lesser
Antilles and to the south of Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico in
this morning 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