DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
SMOKE: Northern Canada... A large area of light to heavy density smoke attributed to the large wildfires throughout Northwestern Canada continues to be seen covering an area from northwest Canada through Quebec, the Labrador Sea and east to western Greenland. A Large area of moderate to thick density smoke was observed through the southern Canadian provinces into eastern Ontario. Central and Eastern United States/Atlantic Seaboard... A large area of light density smoke attributed to a combination of smoke from large wildfires in northwestern Canada and seasonal fire activity covered a large portion of the Central and eastern United States. This area of light density smoke was observed dispersing eastward off the East Coast of the U.S. into the Atlantic Ocean. Washington State... The Lake Chelan-Sawtooth area wildfire was releasing light to moderate density smoke that was observed moving southeast covering the eastern potion of Washington State. Southern California... Light to moderate density smoke was observed emanating from the ongoing Los Padres National Forest wildfire. The smoke was seen climbing North along over the California Pacific coastline ending in northern California. Utah... A couple wildfires in south-central Utah was observed emitting at least moderate density smoke that was moving southeast in direction remaining in the respective state as evening approached. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Central-Southern Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Yucatan Peninsula/Central America/Cuba/ Pacific Ocean... A large area of predominantly light density smoke attributed to recent seasonal fire activity in Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, and Central America was observed today over southern and eastern Mexico, western Cuba the Gulf of Mexico, Central America, and the Pacific Ocean off the southern coastline of Mexico. Saharan DUST: A moderate amount of Saharan dust was observed over the Atlantic Ocean and lighter dust can be seen in the eastern 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 map: https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg Smoke data: https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Smoke_Polygons Fire data: https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Fire_Points ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO: SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov