DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z July 25, 2011
Northwest Territories/Nunavut to Northern Quebec/Southeast Canada: Remnant smoke covers much of northern Canada this morning with most of the smoke likely originating from the wildfires just east of the Great Slave Lake. Moderate to dense smoke stretches from the site of the fires east across southeast Northwest Territories, southern mainland Nunavut, and northwest Hudson's Bay. Some thin to moderately dense smoke was also present across the Bay moving over northern Quebec. Further to the southeast, an unknown aerosol stretched southeast across the Gulf of St. Lawrence and portions of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland. This aerosol could be several day old smoke from the NWT wildfires but it cannot be certain. There is also some thin smoke present over northern portions of the Northwest Territories/north mainland Nunavut, with the source either being the couple of wildfires that are in Alaska or the wildfires near Great Slave Lake. Western to Central Canada: Aerosols of unknown origin and composition extend across the southwest/south Northwest Territories, northeast British Columbia, northern Alberta, north and east central Saskatchewan, and reach into northern Manitoba. At least some of the aerosol in northern Manitoba is believed to be smoke, most likely from the wildfires near Great Slave Lake, but the rest of the aerosol cannot be determined. Alaska: Two small patches of thin remnant smoke were seen over east central Alaska, likely from two wildfires in that region. Wyoming/Montana/South Dakota: A small patch of thin to moderate density smoke was seen over northeast Wyoming, southeast Montana, and northwest South Dakota. This remnant smoke likely came from the wildfire burning yesterday and today in the Shoshone National Forest in northwest Wyoming. Kansas: An outflow boundary from a large thunderstorm complex over the High Plains last night could be seen moving across Kansas, southeast Nebraska, and northwest Missouri. There appears to have been some aerosols along this boundary over west and central Kansas this morning but the origin and composition cannot be determined. -Dustin 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