DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0315Z July 9, 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. Additional fires burning in extreme western Ontario produced smoke which moved to the north and northwest. US East Coast/Atlantic Ocean: Smoke from the fires in southern Georgia continued to extend along the coast and into North Carolina this morning. Cloud cover in the region made smoke detection difficult this evening. Central US: An area of light remnant smoke covers most of the north-central US. This smoke is circulating around an area of high pressure near Iowa. Moderate areas of smoke are present along the Ohio River and Mid-Mississippi River Valleys. This is most likely smoke from the numerous fires burning in Canada. New Mexico/Colorado/Oklahoma: The Las Conchas fire in northwestern New Mexico continues to generate moderately dense to dense smoke this evening. Remnant smoke has moved into Oklahoma, northern Texas and western Arkansas. Clouds in the area made smoke detection difficult. Oregon/Washington/Montana: An aerosol of unknown origin and composition entered the United States this evening over Oregon and raced eastward towards Montana. It is unlikely that this is smoke from the Canadian wildfires because that smoke has moved generally to the east and southeast over the last few days. The aerosol appears to be circulating around an area of low pressure in British Columbia and remains behind a frontal system in the Pacific Northwest. California/Arizona: Quick puffs of smoke from what are presumed to be agricultural fires in south-central California moved eastward and into areas of Arizona around Yuma. -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