DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
SMOKE: Canada/Northeast United States/Atlantic Ocean... Wildfires continued to burn in central Northwest Territories, northeastern British Columbia, northern Alberta, central Saskatchewan, and central Manitoba, with light density smoke observed over central Northwest Territories, northern Alberta, northern Saskatchewan, northern Manitoba, eastern Nunavut, and extended east across Newfoundland and Labrador. Moderate to heavy density smoke was concentrated over central Northwest Territories, central Saskatchewan, and northern Manitoba. A Remnant heavy density smoke plume was also seen over eastern Quebec and western Newfoundland and Labrador. Northern California/Idaho... The New Orleans Complex Fire (including the Butler Fire and the Red Fire) in Northern California remained active this morning with light to moderate smoke accumulating near the source. Two big wildfires in central Idaho were also observed producing light to moderate smoke moving generally to the northeast. Arizona... The Dragon Bravo Fire on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park continued to burn this morning, with light to locally moderate density smoke drifting to the northeast. DUST: Caribbean... Light Saharan dust was observed moving westward across the Lesser Antilles. YL 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 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