Saturday, August 6, 2011

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z August 7, 2011

Central California:
The Lion wildfire in Tulare County, CA is producing thin to moderate
density smoke that stretches east just into Nevada.

Ohio River Valley and surrounding area:
Broad areas of thin density remnant smoke are visible near the
Wisconsin-Iowa-Illinois border and also in southern Ohio, southwest
Pennsylvania, and much of West Virginia. This smoke could be from
wildfires in Canada or from the several smaller burns over the central
plains.

Ontario:
Large fires continue to burn in western and central Ontario this evening,
but  considerable cloudiness has prevented the immediate detection of
smoke. An area of thin density remnant smoke is visible in south central
Manitoba along the US/Canada border that extends into northeast North
Dakota. This smoke has likely originated from the wildfires in Ontario.

Northwest Territories/Western Nunavut:
Remnant smoke appears to be confined to 2 areas; Directly north of Great
Slave Lake and directly east of Great Bear Lake. Both locations contain
large wildfires that are the source of the smoke. Moderate density
smoke extends from the east of Great Bear Lake northeast into extreme
northwest Nunavut.


Ramirez


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.