DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1602Z June 28, 2010
Alaska: The Pat Creek fire is producing thin to moderately dense smoke can be seen across the Yukon Flats NE of the fire between the White and Phillip Smith Mtn ranges but only extends to about 144W. Thin smoke from the Louie Creek and western AK fires can be seen in an area south of the Brooks Range north of 65N and between 150 and 155N. These areas appear to be limited to lower elevations and valleys but moving NE. Canadian Territories: A large area of dense smoke from the fires across SE Northwest Territories and N Saskatchewan continues to retrograde with the flow toward the NW and covers a large portion of the NW Territories particularly NE and E of the Macenzie River and out to about the N-S boarder with Nunavut and coastal NW Nunavut but not into further N than the straits and Coronation Gulf. A long band of weather clds obscure the Southern boundary of this smoke area. Canadian Prairies/Nunavut: The large smoke area described above can be seen south of the N Saskatchewan (which is blocked by clouds)... but it is thin to moderately dense in nature but covers all of S Saskatchewan, the Large Lakes of Manitoba, NE half of ND and MN and is moving SE into WI and N Great Lakes under the influence of the SW edge of large trof/upper low over far N Ontario. A very narrow ribbon of thin smoke designates the boundary of the cyclone's influence as it is nearly stationary from the northern tip of Lake Winnipeg across NW Manitoba (Reindeer Lake) and arcing back to cover the SE portion of continental Nunavut. US East Coast: A large area of thin to moderate smoke from last week's burning in Central Canada (and mix of pollutants/haze from the NE corridor of cities) can be seen exiting the US out of NJ, the Delmarva and Cape Cod to cover a large portion of the New England Maritimes as far as 58W. A large band of clouds block detection of smoke across ME, Nova Scotia. Gulf of St. Lawrence: Thin smoke can be seen covering nearly all of the Gulf of St. Lawernce, N Newfoundland and it NE coastal waters. Smoke is likely from the large fire complexes over Central/Western Quebec...though some smoke maybe from the area described above under Sely flow but again clouds to the S and SW make location/boundaries difficult to determine. Gallina 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