DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z July 29, 2010
Central Canada: Compared to yesterday the smoke plume across SE Northwest Territories, SW Nunavut, and N Saskatchewan is not as dense and does not appear to be as extensive in coverage. The far southeastern extent of the plume has continued to drift southward and is now seen over most of the western and central Great Lakes including the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. The primary source of the smoke is from numerous large wildfires located along southeastern Northwest Territories and northern Saskatchewan. Western Canada: Fires in NW BC are producing moderate to heavy dense smoke that can be seen covering most of BC, SE Yukon Territory, W NW Territories and central portions of Alberta. The most dense smoke is seen over portions of southern BC and west-central Alberta. Some of the smoke appears caught in an upper-level counterclockwise spinning circulation over central BC, while the remaining smoke is slowing drifting eastward. Warren 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