DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z July 28, 2013
Canada: -A broad area of light remnant smoke stretches over much of central and northern Canada stemming from several active wildfires in Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Light density smoke is seen from Saskatchewan east over the northern portion of Hudson Bay and then it wraps down over Newfoundland, while the moderate to dense smoke is concentrated mainly over Nunavut and the immediate surrounding provinces/waters. United States: -Smoke that originated from Canadian wildfires has dropped south into the central US and wraps east over the Ohio River Valley. -Wildfires in the Pacific Northwest states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and western Montana are collectively producing a light density smoke mass that is moving east northeast and covers the said regions plus southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and also the Dakotas and Minnesota. 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