DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z July 2, 2013
North America: The majority of North America is covered by light remnant smoke this morning. The regions that do not appear to have light remnant smoke are along the US East Coast, the eastern Great Lakes region, western Northwest Territories, and British Columbia. Numerous areas of moderately dense to dense smoke were concentrated through the central portion of the US, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec. The densest of smoke remained over Quebec where many large wildfires continue to produce copious amounts of smoke. Additionally, the Beaver Log Lakes wildfire in central Alaska was producing large amounts of dense smoke early this afternoon that could be detected through some breaks in the clouds. It is likely there are additional areas covered by at least light remnant smoke throughout North America but could not be detected due to cloud coverage. -Vogt THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF 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