DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z July 3, 2020
SMOKE:
Southern Arizona/Southwestern New Mexico…
Moderate to thick density smoke was present this morning near and to
the southeast of the Cub Fire in southwestern New Mexico and near and
just south of the Bighorn Fire in south central Arizona.
Central Colorado…
Leftover thin density smoke was seen this morning over central
Colorado. Cloud cover farther to the southwest limited smoke detection
in satellite imagery.
Eastern Montana/Northwestern North Dakota/South Central Canada…
Remnant very thin density smoke primarily from wildfires burning in the
Southwestern U.S. was visible over eastern Montana, northwestern North
Dakota, southeastern Saskatchewan, and southern and central Manitoba.
Pacific Northwest/Northern Idaho/Northern Montana/Southwestern and South
Central Canada…
An area of leftover very thin density smoke attributed mainly to
wildfires burning in Siberia was barely seen extending from southwestern
Oregon to northeastern Washington, northern Idaho, northern Montana,
and southeastern British Columbia, southern Alberta, and southwestern
Saskatchewan.
Northern Canada…
A leftover swath of possible thin density smoke was noted over south
central Nunavut. Cloudiness farther to the south limited additional
information on the possible smoke in satellite imagery.
UNKNOWN AEROSOL…
Great Lakes Region to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast…
An unknown aerosol was clearly seen this morning stretching from the Great
Lakes Region to the east and southeast reaching the Northeastern U.S. and
Mid-Atlantic Region and off the coast of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
Region. It is not known if any of this aerosol is composed of remnant
smoke from the wildfires in the Southwestern U.S. or Saharan dust.
DUST:
Tropical Atlantic/Caribbean/Gulf of Mexico/South Central U.S./Subtropical
Atlantic…
Satellite imagery this morning showed a huge area of Saharan dust
stretching from Africa across the subtropical Atlantic and across Puerto
Rico, Hispaniola, and much of the Caribbean Sea. More Saharan dust was
visible over eastern and southeastern Texas and Louisiana and extending
eastward over the northern and central Gulf of Mexico and across Florida
before spreading well off to the east and northeast over the Atlantic.
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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