Friday, July 8, 2011

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z July 8, 2011

Canada:
An area of light smoke extends from Nunavut across Hudson Bay and into
northern Ontario.  Light smoke from fires in central Northwest Territories
can be seen moving north and reaching the Beaufort Sea.

US East Coast/Atlantic Ocean:
Smoke from the fires in southern Georgia extends along the coast into
North Carolina. Cloud cover in the region made smoke detection difficult.

Central US:
An area of remnant smoke covers most of the north-central US.  The smoke
is moving the east and is located from the Dakotas and Nebraska, through
Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and Indiana.

New Mexico/Colorado/Oklahoma:
The Las Conchas fire in northwestern New Mexico continues to generate
moderately dense to dense smoke which has moved into Oklahoma, northern
Texas and western Arkansas and northern Louisiana.

-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

 


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.