DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z July 11, 2011
Mid-Atlantic/Ohio Valley: An unknown aerosol present from the Ohio Valley eastward across the Mid-Atlantic states and off the coast south of Long Island was leading to hazy conditions. There may have been some smoke within the mixture of aerosol but it could not be certain. Southeast US: Thin to moderately dense smoke was seen this evening over much of the Carolinas and into northeast Georgia. Most of this smoke is likely from the Honey Prairie Fire in south Georgia and from the Juniper Road fire in North Carolina. Dense cloud cover over the rest of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida made smoke detection over other parts of the Southeast US impossible. Central US: An extremely large area of remnant smoke covered the South Central, Central, and Midwest/Great Lakes regions of the US tonight. This smoke stretched from New Mexico/Texas northeastward to the Great Lakes/Ontario. Large fires in New Mexico and along the Louisiana as well as numerous smaller fires in Texas/Oklahoma/Kansas the past two days are responsible for the bulk of the smoky conditions. However, numerous wildfires that have broken out in western Ontario the past two to three days were the origin for much of the remnant smoke seen further to the north. Montana/North Dakota/Southern Manitoba: An area of elevated blowing dust was present over south and eastern Montana, North Dakota, and southern Manitoba as it wraps towards an upper low over western Ontario. Northern Canada: A large area of thin smoke can be seen covering the eastern portions of the NW Territories and nearly all of mainland Nunavut. This smoke also covered northern Hudson Bay and stretched southward across northwest Manitoba, northern Saskatchewan, and northeast Alberta. Numerous smoke producing fires in north Alberta and the Northwest Territories are to blame for this remnant smoke. Sheffler 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