DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
SMOKE: Canada/United States/Mexico... A large area of light density smoke from wildfires throughout northwestern Canada continues to be seen covering most of Canada from the Northwest Territories to the east coast and offshore Newfoundland. The light smoke reached south into the U.S. wrapping around the east side of the Rockies as far as Kansas and Colorado, and along the entirety of the west coast from Washington into Texas and northern Mexico. A large area of moderate density smoke was observed extending from the westernmost fires in the Northwest Territories east and south into northwestern British Columbia and northern Alberta before moving further south through central Saskatchewan, southern Manitoba and the U.S. Dakotas. Moderate density smoke was also circulating around fires in eastern Quebec and western Newfoundland. Thick smoke was concentrated around the fires in northeastern British Columbia, northern Alberta and central Saskatchewan. A large area of light smoke was also observed moving in over British Columbia from the northeastern Pacific, possibly originating from fires in Siberia. Washington State... Light density smoke covered most of eastern Washington. The Lake Chelan-Sawtooth area wildfire was seen releasing moderate to thick density smoke moving southeast into northeastern Oregon and central Idaho. Oregon/California... Light to moderate density smoke was observed across Oregon and California, emanating from multiple wildfires. Shelly fire, located in Siskiyou county in northern California, was observed producing moderate to thick density smoke moving north where it mixed with fires in southwestern Oregon. A fire in south central Oregon was also producing moderate to thick density smoke moving generally east. Utah/Arizona/New Mexico/Texas/Mexico... Several large wildfires in south-central Utah were observed producing large amounts of moderate density smoke which extended south into Arizona before expanding east into New Mexico and west Texas, and continuing south into northern Mexico. Saharan DUST: A moderate amount of Saharan dust was observed in the western Caribbean, around Cuba and the Yucatan. Mills 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