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, and into western Newfoundland. A Large area of moderate to thick density smoke was observed through northern British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and through western Ontario. Central and Eastern United States... 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 toward the Atlantic border states. Washington State... The Lake Chelan-Sawtooth area wildfire was continued to release light to moderate density smoke that was observed moving north/northwest into southern British Columbia, and east covering the central portion of Washington State. California... Light to moderate density smoke was observed emanating from multiple wildfires, including the ongoing Los Padres National Forest wildfire this morning, the smoke was seen moving south into the Pacific Ocean. The northern California wildfire had light density smoke moving eastward into northwestern Nevada. Utah... A large wildfire in south-central Utah was observed emitting light to heavy density smoke that was moving south into Arizona and New Mexico. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Central and Southern Texas/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 this morning over central and southern Texas, 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 was seen in the eastern Caribbean Sea. Currier 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