Friday, July 15, 2011

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z July 15, 2011

Northwestern US/Western Canada:
Thin area of light aerosols from Oregon northeastward through central
Saskatchewan that is likely remnant smoke from fires in the western US
last evening.

Central US:
Area of light smoke with haze mixed in as well from southern Texas to
western Tennessee and Iowa as well as eastern Kansas/Oklahoma.  The smoke
is likely remnant from various fires in the southeast US, New Mexico,
as well as agricultural fires in Kansas/Oklahoma last evening.

Canada:
Wildfires in Ontario/Manitoba are still producing large amounts of smoke
this morning with dense smoke still covering much of northern Ontario.
Clouds are somewhat hindering the smoke detection thus likely producing
an underestimation of the smoke's extent.
Another thin area of smoke from over the northern provinces of Canada
likely from fires over northern Alberta.


Liddick


From Previous Discussion:

Canada:
Remnant light to moderate smoke lingers along the borders of
Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba/Northwest Territories/Nunavut provinces
Wildfires in north-Central Alberta likely from wildfires still burning in
northern Alberta.  Another smaller area moving over southern Hudson Bay
from fires in Manitoba/Ontario  which are still producing moderate/heavy
dense smoke over central Ontario as well.


Liddick

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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.