DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z August 3, 2011
Eastern US: An area of remnant smoke from fires in Ontario can be seen off the north-east coast of the US from Massachusetts south to North Carolina. The smoke is mainly light with a moderately dense pocket extending from New Jersey to Massachusetts and out into the Atlantic. Oregon: Blowing dust/sand originates from the eastern portion of Summer Lake. The dust/sand begin blowing at 19:45Z and continues through sunset. Fires near the Wasco County and Jefferson County border a generating light to moderately dense smoke which fans out to the east and north entering southern Washington State. Canada: Eastern Ontario continues to host multiple fires which are generating light to dense smoke. The smoke from these fires is moving southeast into Minnesota and Lake Superior. A detached area of light to moderately dense smoke extends north to south through central Ontario and is moving slowly to the east. Earlier: Central and Eastern US: A large mass of aerosol was visible trapped under the huge upper level ridge across a good portion of the Central and Eastern US from the Plains to the Middle Atlantic and Northeast regions. Some light smoke remnant from small fires last evening is likely mixed in over the central portion of the country. Larger area of light to medium dense smoke was moving southeast across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic from New Hampshire to Eastern Pennsylvania and the northern Chesapeake Bay. The smoke is remnant from large wildfires in western Ontario and eastern Manitoba provinces. Salemi/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