Tuesday, July 6, 2010

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z July 06, 2010

Alaska:
Light smoke can be seen extending from northern Alaska into the Beaufort
Sea.

Northwest into Central Canada:
A large area of smoke from fires in northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba
continues to be visible extending from northern Nunavut through
Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The densest area was over Victoria Island and
extending north.  Through a break in the clouds, some thin remnant smoke
could be seen over the Hudson Bay that has moved eastward since yesterday.

Lower Great Lakes/Ohio Valleys/Mid-Atlantic Region/Northeast:
A broad area of aerosol continues to be seen circulating clockwise over
this region under a persistent upper level ridge axis.  Earlier in the
week this area was analyzed as smoke, so there is a possibility that
there still may be some very thin residual smoke trapped under the
stagnant ridge axis

MS

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.