DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1330Z July 14, 2010
Western and Central Canada: A significant amount of moderately dense to dense smoke continued to be emitted by many large fires burning primarily over northern Saskatchewan Province of west central Canada. The densest smoke initially moved to the north before fanning out and curving eastward and southward over the southeastern portion of the Northwest Territories and southern Nunavut Territory. A larger region of thin density smoke surrounded the denser smoke and covered a good portion of western and central Canada. This area of thin density smoke extends as far east as Newfoundland before it is obscured by cloudiness and satellite limitations. Central and Eastern US: An aerosol of unknown origin and composition was noted over the western Gulf of Mexico extending inland over southeastern Texas and eastward from there over the Gulf Coast states to the east and north reaching as far as the Canadian border. Other states effected by this include Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky and northern Tennessee. The extent of the aerosol into Canada could not be determined due to clouds in the area. The full extent to the east could not be determined due to satellite coverage limitations. It is uncertain if any smoke is contributing to this aerosol. Northwestern US: An area of light to moderately dense smoke can be seen over eastern Montana and northwestern North Dakota. The area of smoke is moving to the northeast and is likely from the Jefferson fire in southeastern Idaho. SALEMI 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