DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1632Z August 5, 2021
SMOKE:
Canada/U.S…
The huge expanse of varying density smoke attributed to significant
wildfire activity in central, south central, and southwestern Canada
along with the northwestern and western U.S. was again visible covering
nearly all of Canada and most of the U.S. with the exception of the
Southeast and a portion of the Southwest. Thicker smoke from fires in
east central and northeastern California and south central Oregon spread
to the northeast and merged with thick smoke produced by wildfires
in central and eastern Washington, northern Idaho, western Montana,
and southern British Columbia. From there the thicker smoke extended to
the east over south central Canada and the northern and central/eastern
U.S. and then to the south and southeast over roughly the northern and
central portion of the country. of the U.S. Smoke also extended well off
the U.S. east coast across a significant portion of the Atlantic south
of Greenland and off the coast of California over portions of the Pacific.
Alaska/Northwestern Canada…
Wildfires scattered across eastern Alaska, the Yukon, and portions of
the Northwest Territories in northwestern Canada were responsible for
a broad area of light to moderate density smoke which covers Alaska
and much of northwestern and north central Canada with the eastern and
southern portions of the smoke likely mixing with smoke from the fires
farther south and east in Canada.
Eglin
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)
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO:
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov