DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0445Z July 01, 2010
Alaska/Northwestern and Central Canada: A large area of moderately dense to dense smoke continues to be 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. 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: Widespread wild fires over northern Saskatchewan and northern Manitoba were combining to produce a large and extremely dense smoke plume from northern Saskatchewan and extending into northern Manitoba and southern Nunavut. Leftover thin smoke likely from fires which had been burning over Quebec Province and the fires mainly in northern Saskatchewan Province was visible in evening satellite imagery across portions of northeastern Ontario, James Bay and northwestern Quebec. Widespread cloud cover prevented further detection of smoke in this region. Central US to Mid Atlantic Region to off the Northeast Coast: A very thin area of aerosol which is likely at least partly composed of leftover smoke were seen extending in a narrow band from Arkansas and Oklahoma eastward to the Carolinas. Cloudiness farther to the south over the South Central and Southeastern US interfered with smoke detection in satellite imagery. 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. Northern Plains/southern Manitoba/southwestern Ontario: A very thin area of aerosol that is believed to be remnant smoke from fires over the Desert Southwest was analyzed from the Dakotas extending northeast into southern Manitoba and southwestern Ontario. Hanna 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