DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1745Z August 20, 2010
Southwestern Canada to Eastern Canada/Northeastern US/Western Atlantic: Smoke from the ongoing large fires in British Columbia Province of southwestern Canada continues to cover a very large area with thin density smoke extending from British Columbia eastward over much of south central Canada to southeastern Canada. Some of the leading edge of the thinner smoke had also brushed the northern tier of the US, especially over the region from northern Montana to northern Minnesota and northern New England. Embedded moderately dense to dense smoke extends from British Columbia eastward to western Ontario Province. Some of the moderately dense smoke also has spread northeastward around an area of low pressure into central Canada around Hudson Bay. An additional large swath of thin smoke likely leftover from the British Columbia fires extends from the Great Lakes region eastward and southeastward over the Middle Atlantic states and a portion of the Northeast including southern New England to off the coast. Cloudiness covers the region where large fires existed recently over northern Saskatchewan Province of west central Canada. Some of the smoke from Saskatchewan Province southeastward to northern New England may have some contribution from the Saskatchewan fires. JS 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