DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1732Z August 4, 2013
Corrected for spelling... Central/South Central US: Light remnant smoke could still be seen over Texas and Louisiana this morning. This smoke likely originated from fires in the Pacific Northwest and Canada and has moved southward during the last few days. Canada/Great Lakes Region: A large area of light to moderate density smoke remains from Yukon and Northwest Territories and across northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba and the western Hudson Bay through much of Ontario and the Great Lakes and into the Midwest from Iowa to Ohio. This smoke is from fires that have been burning across Alaska, northwest Canada, and central Canada recently. Pacific Northwest: Light to moderate remnant smoke from continuing fires in southwest Oregon and Northern California remains over that area this morning. The smoke is contained to western and central Oregon and far northwest California. Caribbean Sea: An expansive area of Saharan dust now covers the Caribbean and extends out to the Florida keys to the central Yucatan Peninsula. Liddick 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