DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0315Z July 8, 2011
Canada: An area of light smoke extends from the border of Northwest Territories and Nunavut south into northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The large wildfires south of Reindeer Lake in Saskatchewan continued to emit moderately dense to dense smoke this evening. Remnant smoke from these fires moved to the east through central Manitoba throughout the day. Additional fires in western Ontario added additional smoke. Light smoke continued eastward and approached the St Lawrence River near sunset. US East Coast/Atlantic Ocean: The fires in southern Georgia continue to produce moderately dense to dense smoke. From the prior analysis, most of this smoke from Georgia moved to along the coast towards and into North Carolina where it smoke from the wildfire in Pender County, NC. Cloud cover in the region this evening made smoke detection difficult; however, diurnal sea breezes appear to be pushing some of this smoke inland. New Mexico/Colorado/Oklahoma: The Las Conchas fire in northwestern New Mexico continues to generate moderately dense to dense smoke which has moved into portions of Oklahoma tonight near Oklahoma City. Areas of south-central Colorado are under light smoke as well. Oregon/Washington A wildfire near the border of Wasco and Jefferson Counties in Oregon produced smoke which traveled to the northeast and into parts of Washington. Blowing Dust in the United States: An area of aerosol, which is believed to be blowing dust, was viewed this evening in southeastern California and southwestern Arizona. This area of dust moved to the east from California and into Arizona north of Yuma near the Yuma Proving Grounds. Numerous clouds were present which made detection of the point source difficult. Additional areas of blowing dust were viewed in Baja California and the Gulf of California. -Myrga THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE..TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE FIRE 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 ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov