DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z July 11, 2010
Gulf of Mexico/Southeastern US: Light smoke from the Deepwater Horizon spill site has been moving east across the northeastern Gulf of Mexico throughout the day where it then begins to mix in with the dust and aerosols that were seen in the area yesterday. This mixed area of aerosols has lingered off the coast of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina all day. Central Canada: The smoke associated with the fires in northern Saskatchewan was clearly visible today. Several fires were producing dense smoke plumes that were moving in the direction of Lake Winnipeg. Ontario/Lower Great Lakes: Remnant moderately dense smoke from yesterday's fires in northern Saskatchewan was slowly drifting southeastward. The densest areas were over southeastern Ontario, Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, and New York. Eastern Canada: The smoke that was seen yesterday across eastern Canada is now moving eastward, off the coast of Newfoundland and out of our area. Alaska/Northwestern Canada: An area of light smoke from the numerous fires across Alaska now stretches across the northern portions of Alaska and Yukon into the Northwest Territories, where it moves southeasterly into northern Alberta. 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