DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z July 6, 2014
SMOKE: New England/Eastern Canada: An elongated plume of remnant smoke believed to have originated from numerous wildfires located across the Northwest Territories province in Canada is seen positioned from coastal New England to the north, north of Newfoundland. Western/Northwestern Canada: A large extended area of light density smoke is seen over the Northwest Territories eastward to the northwestern edge of Quebec. A smaller area of moderate density smoke is focused over the Northwest Territories. These areas of smoke originate from the wildfires surrounding Great Slave Lake and northern Saskatchewan. A separate area of light to moderate density originating from the wildfires around Great Slave Lake has pinched off from the larger area of smoke and can be seen over Saskatchewan and western Manitoba. Utah: A faint area of light density smoke remains over northern Utah, most likely originating from the Lages fire occurring in eastern Nevada. This smoke has remained stationary since last evening. HAZE/DUST: Southern/Central U.S: An expansive area of aerosols remains across much of the gulf coast states, central Plains, and Mississippi Valley, as far north as Iowa/Illinois. The composition of these aerosols is a mix between haze/pollution and Saharan dust. Heeps 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.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/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