DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0332Z July 15, 2011
Central/Southeast US: Area of light smoke and other aerosols seen stretched from Iowa southeast across most of the southeast U.S. and extending along coastlines of North and South Carolinas/Georgia. Area of light smoke and other aerosols is located along and to the south of a stationary frontal boundary. Smoke from Kansas to Missouri likely remnant from fires in the Southwest and Mexico, with wildfires in southeast Georgia/Florida panhandle producing the smoke over much of the Southeast. South-Central Arizona: A relatively small area of light remnant smoke is seen moving eastward across portions of south-central Arizona during the early evening hours. Smoke may be from a fire burning across southwestern Arizona or from small fire burning near the California/Mexico/Arizona border. Warren From Previous Discussion: Canada: Remnant light to moderate smoke lingers along the borders of Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba/Northwest Territories/Nunavut provinces Wildfires in north-Central Alberta likely from wildfires still burning in northern Alberta. Another smaller area moving over southern Hudson Bay from fires in Manitoba/Ontario which are still producing moderate/heavy dense smoke over central Ontario as well. Liddick 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