DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1932Z July 26, 2010
Northwest Territories/Nunavut/Saskatchewan/Manitoba/Ontario/Great Lakes region: Morning satellite imagery indicates that an expansive area of moderate to extremely dense smoke covers the eastern Northwest Territories and then extends southeastward through southwestern Nunavut, northern and northeastern Saskatchewan, northern Manitoba and then covers much of Ontario and continues into the northern Great Lakes area of the US. The expansive smoke plume is from the numerous active fires throughout northern Saskatchewan and neighboring areas and from the current and previous fires in the central Northwest Territories. British Columbia: An thin area of light to moderate density smoke extended over the southern portion of British Columbia. The source of this smoke is the wildfire currently burning over southwest British Columbia. Montana/Wyoming/North Dakota/South Dakota: An area of light to moderate density smoke was analyzed over a good portion of eastern Montana and then east into North and South Dakota and extreme northeastern Wyoming. The source of this smoke was believed to be the Cardinal Creek and Dominic Point wildfires over western Montana. Hanna 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