DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1732Z July 4, 2011
Canada: Remnant light to moderate smoke from wildfires can be seen moving through Ontario and Quebec moving around the base of a low pressure system over central Quebec. Light remnant smoke can also be seen over Northwest Territories and Nunavut Provinces. All of this smoke is likely remnant from wildfires in Ontario/Alberta/Saskatchewan. Southern/Southeastern US/Gulf of Mexico: Remnant smoke from wildfires in the Southwest US, Georgia, and North/South Carolina covers the US from New Mexico, Arkansas, the entire Gulf of Mexico coastal states and into extreme southern Virginia. A moderate area extends from Louisiana through Georgia and southern Virginia and off the East Coast. Large fires in Southeast Georgia and Eastern North Carolina are still producing dense smoke that also covers the eastern portion of South Carolina. **DUST** An aerosol of unknown composition, which could possibly be Saharan dust is present in the western Gulf of Mexico off the southern Texas coast. This dust is likely mixed with remnant smoke from wildfires in the southeast US. Liddick 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