Sunday, June 27, 2010

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z June 28, 2010

UPDATED...

Northern & Central Canada:
A plume of dense smoke that is the result of several fires burning
across southeast Northwest Territories, northern Saskatchewan and western
Manitoba, is observed drifting to the northwest across much of the eastern
two-thirds of the Northwest Territories.  The smoke begins to thin out
the further south and east into Central Canada. Also, light to moderately
dense smoke can be observed moving to the southeast across Saskatchewan,
and central Manitoba.

South Central Canada/Great Lakes/New England and Mid-Atlantic:
The plume of smoke associated with the fires burning across North Central
Canada is thinning out across South Central Canada and then cannot be seen
due to dense cloud cover north of the Great Lakes.  Thin to moderately
dense smoke is then observed in satellite imagery further south and east
across New York, central and southern New England, Pennsylvania, West
Virginia and the northern Mid-Atlantic states.  The band of moderately
dense smoke is concentrated mostly over southern New York, northern
Pennsylvania and across southern New England, however, is now starting
to move out to sea.

Central Quebec:
Numerous fires are producing heavy/dense smoke plumes across central
Quebec that extends eastward over extreme western portions of the Gulf
of St. Lawrence.

Southern Plains/Gulf Coast:
Haze and/or suspended aerosols can be observed over Louisiana,
Mississippi, western Tennessee, Arkansas, and southern Missouri drifting
to the north.


Evans/Warren


THE FORMAT OF THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS BEING MODIFIED. IT WILL NO LONGER
DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS PLUMES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES. THESE
PLUMES ARE DEPICTED 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

THIS TEXT PRODUCT WILL CONTINUE TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE
WHICH HAVE BECOME DETACHED FROM AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE
SOURCE FIRE, TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. IT WILL ALSO
STILL INCLUDE DESCRIPTIONS OF BLOWING DUST.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THESE CHANGES OR THE SMOKE TEXT
PRODUCT IN GENERAL SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov


 


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.