DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0121Z July 28, 2021
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
much of Canada and most of the U.S. with the exception of south Florida
and most of the Southwest. 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 but
significant cloud cover over the area precluded further smoke analysis.
DUST:
Caribbean/Atlantic...
An area of light Saharan dust was observed encroaching on the eastern
Caribbean region.
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