Tuesday, July 20, 2010

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z July 20, 2010

Central Canada/Eastern Canada/Hudson Bay:
There has been little change in the overall smoke picture across central
and eastern Canada since this morning. Fires in north central Saskatchewan
continue to produce moderate to dense smoke which is generally moving
to the southeast. A very large area of light to moderate remnant
smoke covers much of the northern ¾ of Saskatchewan and Manitoba,
northward into Nunavut and east over much of Hudson Bay. The smoke also
wraps southeast over northern Ontario and into Quebec, the Gulf of St
Lawrence and Newfoundland around a low pressure system to the east of
Hudson Bay. An area of moderately dense to dense smoke embedded within
this area extends from north east Manitoba into central Hudson Bay and
across northern Ontario and into western Quebec province.

British Columbia:
A fire in northwest British Columbia continue to produce smoke moving
to the east.

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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


 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.