DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1530Z July 20, 2010
Central Canada/Eastern Canada/Hudson Bay: Fires in north central Saskatchewan continue to produce moderate to dense smoke this morning moving to the south. Very large area of light to moderate remnant smoke covers the northern half of Saskatchewan, northward into Nunavut and east over the Hudson Bay before wrapping southeast over northern Ontario and into Quebec and Newfoundland around a low pressure system to the east of Hudson Bay. Area of dense smoke extends from north east Manitoba into central Hudson Bay and across northern Ontario and into western Quebec province. British Columbia: Fire in northern British Columbia continue to produce dense smoke moving to the east this morning with lighter remnant smoke extending to the south through central British Columbia. Liddick 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