Sunday, July 31, 2011

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z July 31, 2011

Canada:
Wildfires in western Ontario produced moderate to dense smoke this
morning.  Due to an area of low pressure centered in western Hudson Bay,
this smoke moved to the east.  Some detached remnant smoke extends from
the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan's Upper Peninsula northward across
Ontario to James Bay.   Additional fires burning near Great Slave Lake
generated smoke that moved to the south and east through Saskatchewan,
Manitoba and into Ontario.  The area of low pressure in Hudson Bay is
helping to guide this smoke.

Mid-Atlantic:
An area of unknown aerosols (possibly mixed with a little smoke from
fires burning across eastern North Carolina) is present ahead of a frontal
boundary in the Mid-Atlantic, mainly off of the North Carolina coast.

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

 


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.