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. Ruminski 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