DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z July 10, 2014
SMOKE: Canada/U.S: An extensive area of light to heavy density smoke continues to descend southward from Northwest Territories over Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba into the U.S over the Northern Plains, Mississippi Valley and Ohio Valley. The smoke is seen as far south as Missouri, and hooks to the east over Illinois and Indiana. The heaviest density smoke is seen in the U.S over North Dakota, South Dakota, and northwestern Iowa, and in Canada over Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and NW territories. This smoke extends from wildfires occurring across NW Territories, and additional smoke is being pumped into the plume from new wildfires appearing in British Columbia and southern Alberta. Washington: Multiple named wildfires (specifically the Mills Canyon wildfire and Rock Hill wildfire), as well as an unnamed fire are producing smoke plumes that are moving eastward across Washington. Light to moderate density smoke is being emitted from the fire in western Washington as well as the Rock Hill wildfire in eastern Washington, and light to heavy density smoke is being emitted from the Mills Canyon wildfire in central Washington. DUST: Southwestern U.S: Blowing dust is seen across northern Baja California, southeastern California to the Salton Sea, and southwestern Arizona. The dust is originating from northern Baja California and northwestern Sonora, Mexico. AEROSOLS: An area of unknown aerosols remains along the southeastern coastline, specifically Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. The northern extent of the aerosols off the coast of Virginia and New Jersey are currently being obscured by clouds moving from the west. 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