Thursday, July 8, 2010

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z July 09, 2010

Eastern US:
A large area of thick haze/aerosols continues to cover much of the
Northeast and Mid-Atlantic and into the Ohio Valley ahead of a front
draped across Michigan, Illinois and into Texas this evening.

Gulf of Mexico:
Area of what is likely dust and other aerosols could be seen throughout
the day over the western Gulf and into Louisiana and Texas in the wake
of Tropical Depression Two.

Central Canada:
Some light to moderate smoke can still be seen over Central Ontario and
into Minnesota, Wisconsin, and extreme eastern North and South Dakota
behind the front.    The smoke has shifted slightly to the east throughout
the day.

British Columbia:
Large fire in Northern British Columbia continues to produce moderate
to dense smoke that extends in all directions, but the bulk of the smoke
still extends to the south and east.  Another smaller fire is producing
smoke in the central portion of the province that is beginning to extend
eastward.

Alaska:
Fires in the northern portion of Alaska started to produce dense smoke
earlier today that continues to move very slowly to the north and east.

Liddick


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.