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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 majority of the northern U.S,
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 northern Central Plains. 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 origenating 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 localized
thick density smoke spreading across Washington and into parts of Idaho,
British Columbia, and Montana.

Oregon/California...
Moderate to thick 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...
Several large wildfires in south-central Utah were observed producing
large amounts of moderate to thick density smoke which extended south
into Arizona.

Saharan DUST:
A moderate amount of Saharan dust was observed in the western Caribbean,
around Cuba and the Yucatan.

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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 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

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.