DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z July 7, 2011
Canada: A area of light smoke extends from the border of Northwest Territories and Nunavut south into northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The large wildfires south of Reindeer Lake in Saskatchewan continue to emit moderately dense to dense smoke which is currently moving the southwest. Remnant smoke from these fires is moving to the east through central Manitoba where it varies to dense smoke over Lake Winnipeg. The light smoke continues to the east passing over the majority of Ontario and into the southern region of Quebec where it dissipates as it approaches the US border. Southern Canada/North-Central US: A detached area of light smoke extends from southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, across the US border into Montana, the Dakotas and northern Nebraska. This may be remnant smoke from wildfires in Canada. US East Coast: The fires in southern Georgia continue to produce moderately dense to dense smoke. The dense smoke is primarily near the fires with light smoke extending north along the coast to southern North Carolina. New Mexico: The Las Conchas fire in northwestern New Mexico is generating moderately dense to dense smoke which is moving north and east into Colorado and Kansas. -Salemi 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