DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z July 30, 2009
Alaska/Canada/Northern US:. Numerous wildfires continue to burn over portions of Alaska and the Yukon. A large area of moderately dense to extremely dense smoke near the point sources, was analyzed from Alaska/Yukon/Northwest Territories through large sections of Alberta and Saskatchewan, south into the Northern Plains of the US. British Columbia/Washington/Oregon: Numerous wildfires also continue over Pacific Northwest and southern British Columbia. A rather large area of moderately dense smoke associated with this area was seen over a good portion of southern British Columbia, eastern Washington, northeastern Oregon and western Idaho. The leading edge was also beginning to push into northeastern Nevada around sunset. Hanna 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