DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z July 16, 2011
Northwestern US/Western Canada: The narrow band of thin density aerosols extending from extreme northeast Washington northeastward through southern British Columbia/Saskatchewan and into central Manitoba is still visible this morning. The source for this ribbon of possible smoke is still uncertain. Central US: A large area of aerosol is still visible through across the Central US extending from Minnesota southward through Texas. The area is likely mostly haze however some some remnant smoke is very possible from fires in New Mexico that continues to circulate around and under the large upper level ridge over the middle of the country. Canada: Wildfires in eastern Manitoba and especially western Ontario continue to emit large amounts of smoke which continues to move primarily to the north and northeast across northern Ontario and Hudson Bay. 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