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