DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0400Z July 18, 2013
Southern California/Nevada: Remnant smoke from the Mountain fire in southern California drifted north leaving thin density remnant smoke covering much of southern and eastern Nevada. Central US: A mix of unknown aerosols is observed in GOES WEST imagery this morning over the central US. It was observed again in GOES EAST near sunset. It is possible that there is a contribution of smoke that has dropped south from wildfires in Canada but it is thought that the aerosol is mainly comprised of haze and pollution. West/Central Canada: Moderate smoke is seen in central and southern Yukon territory from several active smoke producing fires in that region. A broad band of thin density smoke is observed in central Canada including parts of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba that is remnant from previously detected wildfires in the said regions. The remnant smoke spread southward throughout the day. Also contributing to the smoke are new fires seen southwest of Great Slave Lake. Another area of thin, detached smoke was spotted over the Hudson Bay and likely originated from western Canada. Eastern Canada: Moderate to dense remnant smoke is observed in extreme eastern Quebec, Newfoundland, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Labrador and into the Labrador Sea as a result of several wildfires that continue to burn in eastern Quebec. Fires have produced enormous amounts of smoke for several days that continues to drift southeastward into the Atlantic. Fires and smoke were mostly obscured by clouds today. LP/Ramirez 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