DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1930Z July 30, 2021
Canada/U.S...
The expansive area of varying density smoke remained this morning and
persisted through the afternoon. The smoke is attributed to significant
wildfire activity in central, south central, and southwestern Canada,
along with the northwestern and western CONUS. Smoke continues to be
observed covering an area extending from the Pacific Northwest into
and across almost all of Canada, where the fire activity in east-central
Manitoba and western Ontario adds to the area of smoke. Following a ridge,
light smoke covers the NW US, all of Canada and the high plains of the
US before diving down over the Midwestern US, Mississippi valley, Great
Lakes and then marching east across the Ohio Valley, southeastern US, and
mid-Atlantic region where it exited into the western Atlantic. Light smoke
extended northeast in the Atlantic Ocean off of a majority of the east
coast and moving all the way towards the coast of Newfoundland. Medium
density smoke covered most of the western US and Canada as well as the
high plains and mid-west. A very large amount of very dense smoke was
also observed in western Canada moving to the east where it accumulated
due to additional fire activity. Very dense smoke was also observed over
south-central Canada and scattered throughout the high plains of the US.
DUST:
Lesser Antilles/Central America/South America…
A band of thin Saharan Dust was seen extending over the islands and into
Central America and northern countries of South America.
Levine
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