DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z July 5, 2013
Southwest US: an area of light remnant smoke from the fires in the Southwest over the past few days was seen covering portions of southern California, southern Nevada, western Arizona and southern Utah with the smoke rotating in a clockwise direction. Embedded within this large area was an area of moderately dense smoke from the Carpenter 1 fire in southern Nevada west of Las Vegas. This smoke was extending to the east. The smoke may extend further east across Utah and western Colorado but cloud cover made detection in this area difficult. Central US: An elongated area of very light, elevated remnant smoke from the fires in Canada was seen stretching from the Minnesota/Canada border southward into east Texas, with additional patches seen across northern Illinois and over Lake Superior into western Ontario. New England: An area of very light remnant smoke, likely from the Canadian fires, was seen over the Gulf of Maine and dropping across the Cape Cod area. Canada: A very broad area of smoke extended across nearly the entire breadth of Canada from off the coast of Newfoundland westward across central Quebec and James Bay into northern Ontario, much of Manitoba, northern Saskatchewan and Alberta into southwest Northwest Territories. The heaviest smoke, which was very dense, was seen over east central Quebec and southern Labrador and off the coast. The area of smoke over Manitoba and Ontario was also mainly moderately dense. A separate area of light smoke was detected over northwest Northwest Territories and lifting north over the Arctic ocean. Ruminski 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