DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1619Z August 10, 2021
SMOKE:
Canada/U.S...
The huge expanse of varying density smoke attributed to recent 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 most of the U.S. with the exception of the southern
U.S. and portions of the northwest and 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 southeastern Canada, the central/eastern
U.S. and then to the south and southeast over roughly the eastern half
of the country. Wildfires scattered across the Yukon, and portions
of the Northwest Territories in Canada were responsible for a broad
area of light to moderate density smoke. Smoke also extended well off
the U.S. east coast across a significant portion of the Atlantic south
of Greenland and off the coast of Oregon/California over portions of
the Pacific.
DUST:
Caribbean Sea...
A thin layer of Saharan dust was visible over the central and eastern
portions of the Caribbean Sea.
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