DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z July 14, 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. A large portion of this smoke is likely originating from the Honey Prairie fire in southern Georgia. As of this evening, the moderately dense smoke is confined to southeast Georgia, parts of northern Florida, and much of the Georgia coast and into the Atlantic. Wildfires in the central and southwest US are likely also contributing to the smoke observed offshore. It is possible that haze and pollution from the metropolitan areas in the Mid-Atlantic are also present. Central US: -An elongated area of thin density remnant smoke is observed across northern Missouri, southern Illinois and Indiana, and much of Kentucky. Possible origins of this smoke include recent large wildfires in New Mexico and the surrounding area, as well as the numerous wildfires in Canada. Canada: -Wildfires in northeastern Alberta/southern Northwest Territories are emitting moderately dense to very dense smoke this evening. In the absence of a closed surface circulation, the remnant dense smoke is primarily visible as an elongated band stretching west to east from northwestern Alberta across to northeastern Saskatchewan. Remnant thin density smoke stretches farther east across northern Manitoba and much of the Hudson Bay before it drifts south over James Bay. -Several wildfires burning in western Ontario are producing locally moderate to dense smoke that is moving to the north and east this evening. Ramirez 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