DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
SMOKE: Canada... A large area of light density smoke attributed to the large wildfires throughout Northwestern Canada continues to be seen covering all of Canada and extending into the Labrador Sea off the coast of Greenland. Within the region, a large area of moderate density smoke mingling with cloud cover was observed extending from the source of the fires through Central and Eastern Canada. Thick density smoke was observed over northwestern British Columbia and northern Alberta before moving southeast into Saskatchewan and into southern Manitoba. United States... A large area of light density smoke attributed from combination of smoke of the large wildfires in northwestern Canada, wildfires in western U.S, and seasonal fire activity across the country covering majority of the United States with the exception of the southeastern U.S and parts of the Pacific Northwest. This smoke mingled with the large area of smoke observed in Canada and moved south where it began to mixed with the aerosol/smoke produced in Mexico and Central America. Washington State... The Lake Chelan-Sawtooth area wildfire was continued to release light to moderate density smoke that was observed moving north/northeast into southern British Columbia, and east covering the central portion of Washington State. Localized thick density smoke was seen moving southeastward. California... Light to moderate density smoke was observed across the state, emanating from multiple wildfires. Shelly fire, located in Siskiyou county in northern California, was observed producing moderate to thick density smoke moving north into the state of Oregon. Lake Fire, located near Zaca Lake in Santa Barbara county, was observed producing a large area of moderate smoke that moved northward along the western coast of the state. Localized thick density smoke produced by Lake Fire was seen moving southeast towards southern California. Utah... Several large wildfires, most notable Silver King Fire in south-central Utah and Deer Springs fire in southern Utah, were observed producing large amounts of moderate and thick density smoke plumes that extended southeastward into Arizona. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Central and Southern Texas/Eastern and Southern Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Yucatan Peninsula/Cuba... 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, west of Cuba and the Gulf of Mexico. Saharan DUST: A moderate amount of Saharan dust was observed over the Atlantic Ocean while lighter dust was seen over the eastern Caribbean Sea. Nguyen 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