DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
SMOKE: Central and Northern Canada... Wildfires continued to burn in the Northwest Territories, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, and generated a large area of light smoke which covered most of the northern continent from Alaska to the Atlantic. Large plumes and thicker density smoke concentrated in the Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and drifted east over Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland, and extends into the Atlantic. Medium density smoke was also seen concentrated in southern Quebec, extending south towards the northeastern United States. Alaska… Wildfires are seen near the Alaskan/Yukon border. Lightly dense smoke produced by the fire travels towards the east, eventually merging with the smoke plumes coming from the Canadian wildfires. Western United States... Fires in northern California emitted light to moderate smoke plumes and remained close to the origin of the fire. Fire continues to burn in central Idaho, producing moderate density plumes drifting towards western Montana. Larger fires in Utah and northern Arizona generated thick smoke which spread to the east into a large area of light smoke across Colorado and Wyoming. Any signs of remnant smoke from yesterday’s smoke analysis had dissipated early this morning. Libby 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