DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z July 1, 2011
Central United States: A broad area of smoke covered most of the Central Plains this morning. Most of the smoke originated from the large wildfires burning in New Mexico. The smoke covers most of the area from north Texas northward across the Plains into Nebraska and extends as far east as Iowa and Missouri. Heavier areas of smoke can be found adjacent to the fires around Los Alamos, NM. Carolina Coast/Atlantic Ocean: The Juniper Road fire in Pender County, NC continues to emit dense smoke this morning. The smoke generally moved southward along the southern North Carolina and South Carolina coasts and reached as far south as Jacksonville, FL. Remnant smoke that was carried onshore with the afternoon/evening sea breeze yesterday remained over inland counties, mainly those counties east of Interstate 95. Gulf Coast: Moderately dense to locally dense smoke from the Possum Road fire in Baldwin County, AL continued to move to the south into the Gulf of Mexico this morning. Canada: Dense smoke from fires south of Lake Athabasca along the northern Alberta/Saskatchewan border continued to move to the east across northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Cloud cover in the region made smoke detection difficult closer to the point source. Remnant smoke from a fire near Great Bear Lake extended north of the lake and approached the Arctic Ocean. Mexico: Smoke from the numerous wildfires in northern Mexico continues to move to the west towards the Gulf of California. Fires and smoke were not detected in northeastern Mexico due to the clouds and rainfall from the remnants of TS Arlene. Myrga THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE..TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE FIRE 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 ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov