DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z July 26, 2009
Alaska/Territories: Earlier Today: Numerous wildfires continue to burn across Alaska producing mostly moderately dense to dense smoke moving E into the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Very dense smoke located in sections of C and E Alaska stretches from the central part of the state E into N Yukon Territory with moderately dense smoke stretching farther S and N across Alaska and spreading into E sections of the Northwest Territories. Latest: Smoke continues to moves towards the E with the full view not able to be seen. Thin to moderately dense smoke has moved farther E into the Northwest Territories. Also, numerous fires are burning across S and C Yukon Territory producing mostly moderately dense smoke moving toward the NNE. Western and Central Canada/Northern Rockies/Northern/Central Plains/Mississippi Valley/Upper Great Lakes: Earlier Today: A wildfire burning in S British Columbia near Kelowna continues to produce a large area of light to moderately dense smoke spreading E across southern British Columbia/Alberta and SW Saskatchewan. The smoke then moves SE over Montana/W North Dakota, most of South Dakota, NE Nebraska and into S Minnesota, most of Iowa, N Missouri and into S and C Wisconsin and N Illinois. An area of moderately dense smoke stretches SE across SW Saskatchewan and another across SW South Dakota and NE Nebraska. J Kibler More information on the areas of smoke described above as well as others can be found at the locations listed below. THE FORMAT OF THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS BEING MODIFIED. IT WILL NO LONGER DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS PLUMES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES. THESE PLUMES ARE DEPICTED IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/hms.html GIS: http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm KML: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html THIS TEXT PRODUCT WILL CONTINUE TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE WHICH HAVE BECOME DETACHED FROM AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE, TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. IT WILL ALSO STILL INCLUDE DESCRIPTIONS OF BLOWING DUST. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THESE CHANGES OR THE SMOKE TEXT PRODUCT IN GENERAL SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov