DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE
IMAGERY THROUGH 1800 UTC July 14, 2018.
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SMOKE:
Canada...
Areas of light density remnant smoke likely originating from Russia and
wildfires in eastern Canada continue to be observed over northeastern
Manitoba and northern Ontario, with a smaller region of moderate-density
remnant smoke within the larger area, moving southeastward. Additionally,
several wildfires in northern Ontario are producing plumes of high-density
smoke moving eastward.
Washington...
Several fires in Washington State are producing light-density smoke
plumes moving mostly southward.
DUST:
Caribbean/Gulf of Mexico...
An area of Saharan dust is observed moving generally westward across
the tropical Atlantic and extends over the entire southern Gulf of Mexico
to nearly the south Texas coast.
Clark
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)
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