DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z July 27, 2021
SMOKE: Canada, United States, and Western Atlantic... A broad region of smoke attributed from widespread wildfire activity across the Western U.S. and Southern Canada was observed over a large region of Southern Canada, most of the Northern U.S., and extending as far east out over the Western Atlantic. Thick density smoke was seen covering most of Southern Canada and progressing eastward away from widespread wildfire activity present in Southern British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario. Thick density smoke was also seen covering most of the Northern U.S. progressing eastward and northeastward away from the Dixie and Bootleg wildfire complexes over Northern California and Southern Oregon as well as away from widespread wildfire activity in Eastern Washington, Northern Idaho and Western/Central Montana. Thick density smoke was also seen as far east out over the Western Atlantic near the Canadian Maritimes as well as over parts of Northern and Southern New England including Northern New Jersey, Southern New York over Long Island, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hemisphere, Vermont, and Maine. Moderate density smoke was seen over most of the Northern U.S as well as over most of New England also south over parts of the Southeastern U.S. and the Northern and Central Gulf of Mexico. Moderate density smoke was also observed over most of the Northern and Central Plains and the Northern Ohio River Valley. Smoke was not observed over Southern Florida and parts of Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. The broad region of smoke was observed progressing eastward in this evening’s GOES visible satellite imagery. Alaska... Wildfire activity was observed over parts of Central and East Central Alaska where thick density smoke was seen in the vicinity of three fire complexes. Light to moderate density smoke was observed over most of the region, however the extent of the smoke was difficult to determine due to cloud cover over the region observed in this evening’s GOES visible satellite imagery. DUST: Caribbean and Atlantic... A large region of light to moderate density Saharan dust was observed covering the eastern Caribbean region including Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, and Cuba as well as over parts of the Central and Western Caribbean Sea near Jamaica. Saharan dust was observed as well over parts of the Western Atlantic to the north of Puerto Rico and southeast of Bermuda in this evening’s GOES visible satellite imagery. Sambucci 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