Thursday, July 7, 2011

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0315Z July 8, 2011

Canada:
An 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 continued to emit
moderately dense to dense smoke this evening.  Remnant smoke from these
fires moved to the east through central Manitoba throughout the day.
Additional fires in western Ontario added additional smoke.  Light smoke
continued eastward and approached the St Lawrence River near sunset.

US East Coast/Atlantic Ocean:
The fires in southern Georgia continue to produce moderately dense to
dense smoke.   From the prior analysis, most of this smoke from Georgia
moved to along the coast towards and into North Carolina where it smoke
from the wildfire in Pender County, NC. Cloud cover in the region this
evening made smoke detection difficult; however, diurnal sea breezes
appear to be pushing some of this smoke inland.

New Mexico/Colorado/Oklahoma:
The Las Conchas fire in northwestern New Mexico continues to generate
moderately dense to dense smoke which has moved into portions of Oklahoma
tonight near Oklahoma City.  Areas of south-central Colorado are under
light smoke as well.

Oregon/Washington
A wildfire near the border of Wasco and Jefferson Counties in Oregon
produced smoke which traveled to the northeast and into parts of
Washington.

Blowing Dust in the United States:
An area of aerosol, which is believed to be blowing dust, was viewed this
evening in southeastern California and southwestern Arizona.  This area
of dust moved to the east from California and into Arizona north of Yuma
near the Yuma Proving Grounds.   Numerous clouds were present which made
detection of the point source difficult.   Additional areas of blowing
dust were viewed in Baja California and the Gulf of California.

-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

 


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.