Monday, July 4, 2011

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

 


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.