DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0215Z July 17, 2010
Central Canada/Northern US: Dense smoke from large fires primarily burning in northern Saskatchewan extended southward into Manitoba and Minnesota before turning east across northern Wisconsin, northern Michigan, northern Ohio, western New York and then northeast into eastern Ontario and western Quebec. Additional moderate to very dense residual smoke was found over the Northwest Territories. Alaska/Northwestern Canada: Light with isolated moderate smoke was located in east central Alaska and extended into northern Yukon. Cloudiness hindered smoke detection later in the day. Eastern Seaboard from Mid Atlantic to New England: An area of aerosols of unknown composition was moving north along the coast ahead of a frontal boundary. Central Plains: An area of aerosols of unknown composition and origin stretched from Kansas northward into the Dakotas. It is possible that some residual smoke from ag burns in Oklahoma and Kansas as well as from a fire in Garfield County, Colorado, may be present in this area. 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