DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1802Z July 26, 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 Florida and parts of the south-central U.S., a portion of the Southwest, and the western portions of California, Oregon, and Washington. Thicker 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 to eastern Canada and then to the south and southeast over roughly the northern portion of the country through the eastern part of the U.S. Smoke also extended off the U.S. east coast over portions of the Atlantic, off the California coast over portions of the Pacific, and off the southeastern coast over portions of the Gulf of Mexico. 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 an area of light to moderate density smoke which is over eastern Alaska,, 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 covering the eastern Caribbean region including Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, and Cuba. T 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