DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z July 22, 2015
Smoke: Montana/California: An area of remnant smoke was seen over eastern Montana early this morning. This smoke is likely from the wildfires in southern British Columbia and Glacier National Park Montana. Another area of smoke is coming from the Glacier National Park fire and leading in to southern Alberta. A small area of light density smoke is seen from a fire in central California east of San Francisco. Canada/Alaska: An area of light smoke extends NW to SE through Ontario; however, the full extent of the area can not be determined due to clouds in the area. This area is likely composed of remnant smoke from wildfires in southern British Columbia and Alaska. An area of light density smoke is seen in central Alaska from the wildfires that have been burning since yesterday. New Jersey: A small light density smoke plume is coming from a fire in central New jersey and heading into the Atlantic Ocean. -Kemal/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.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