DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z July 03, 2010
Alaska: An area of thin to locally moderate density smoke has become much more difficult to detect on satellite imagery this evening over portions of northern Alaska. Satellite imagery indicates that a good portion of smoke has moved into the Bering Strait and portions of the Arctic Ocean. Additional wildfires over northwestern Alaska were also producing areas of moderate density smoke that also appeared to be drifting to the west. A more detailed smoke analysis was somewhat hindered by the cloud cover over the wildfire areas. Central to Eastern Canada: Numerous large wild fires over northern Saskatchewan and northern Manitoba were continuing to produce a large moderate to locally dense smoke plume this evening. Widespread cloud cover from approaching storm system prevented a detailed smoke analysis but it is believed that an area of moderate to locally dense smoke was located from northern Saskatchewan extending into northern Manitoba, southeastern Northwest Territories, southern Nunavut and over west central portions of Hudson Bay. A thinner area of smoke was then believed to extend further east into northern portions of Quebec. Central and Northern Plains States to southern Manitoba and Ontario: An area of aerosol that is believed to be at least partially composed of remnant smoke from the persistent agricultural fires over Kansas and Oklahoma was evident on evening satellite imagery extending from Kansas/Oklahoma northeast through the northern Plains/western Great Lakes states towards the southern portions of James Bay. Southeast states: An thin area of aerosol was analyzed this evening from Carolinas west towards Louisiana and Arkansas. There is likely some minor remnant smoke along this axis from this past weeks wildfires over southeastern and central Canada. 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