Sunday, July 16, 2006

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1430Z July 16, 2006.

U.S.:
A large area of smoke stretched from southern and central California
through the central Great Basin and central Rockies across the Northern
Plains, the Upper Midwest and Upper Great Lakes including northern
portions of the Central Plains and Mid Mississippi Valley. The smoke was
thickest over Wyoming, southeast Montana and the Dakotas.  The primary
source regions for this pall of smoke were California, southeast Montana,
north central Wyoming and Minnesota.

Montana:
Fires in Yellowstone, Big Horn and Powder River counties were producing
dense plumes of smoke that extended as much as 300 km to the southeast.

Minnesota:
Smoked extended 235 km to the west of a blaze in the Superior National
Forest in Lake County.

Nevada:
A narrow plume of smoke extended 45 km to the east of a fire in Nye
County.

Canada:
Smoke--the result of fires in extreme western Ontario and eastern
Manitoba--was moving east across central Ontario and James Bay.

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.