DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1830Z July 13, 2011
Georgia/Carolinas/Mid-Atlantic: An area of aerosol believed to be mostly remnant smoke continues to remain visible in eastern Georgia, the Carolinas, and the far western Atlantic. Some of this smoke is originating from the Honey Prairie fire in southern Georgia. As of 18Z, the smoke moved mainly to the east and into the Atlantic Ocean south of Savannah. Additional smoke offshore is likely from the wildfires in the central and southwest US. It is possible that haze/pollution from the metropolitan areas in the Mid-Atlantic are also present. Canada: Wildfires in northeastern Alberta/southern Northwest Territories are emitting moderately dense smoke this morning. Most of this smoke is staying near the Alberta/Saskatchewan/Northwest Territory border. Several wildfires burning in western Ontario are producing locally moderate to dense smoke that moved to the north and east this morning. Some remnant smoke reached James Bay by 18Z. 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