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