DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z July 01, 2010
Alaska/Northwestern and Central Canada: A large area of moderately dense to dense smoke was visible spreading to the west across the Yukon and Northwest Territories of northwestern Canada, northern Alaska, and the Arctic Ocean. This smoke was primarily believed to be leftover from large fires scattered over northern Saskatchewan Province of central Canada. Additional smaller areas of smoke were seen moving to the west and northwest from active fires burning over northwestern Alaska. A band of thin density smoke closer to the fires over northern Saskatchewan Province was seen mixed in with cloudiness in the region. It is likely that even more smoke was present across northwestern and north central Canada, but cloudiness prevented detection in satellite imagery. Central to Eastern Canada: Leftover thin smoke likely from fires which had been burning over Quebec Province and the fires mainly in northern Saskatchewan Province was visible in morning satellite imagery across portions of Hudson Bay and northern Quebec Province extending eastward to near the southern tip of Greenland. More thin smoke extended south of Hudson Bay over east central Ontario Province to the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan and into Lower Michigan. Central US to Mid Atlantic Region to off the Northeast Coast: Very thin patches of an aerosol which is likely at least partly composed of leftover smoke were seen extending in a narrow band from Kansas and Oklahoma eastward to the Mid Atlantic region and curving northeastward off the Northeast coast to far southeastern Canada. Cloudiness farther to the south over the South Central and Southeastern US interfered with smoke detection in satellite imagery. An additional narrow streak of very thin smoke stretched from northern Illinois southeastward to the Mid Atlantic region. These patches of leftover smoke were believed to be from the fires burning in northern Saskatchewan Province of central Canada and Quebec Province of southeastern Canada. Some of the smoke over Kansas and Oklahoma may be due to numerous smaller fires burning yesterday over central Kansas and west central Oklahoma. JS 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.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/land/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