DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1830Z July 24, 2011
Eastern Northwest Territories: Several wildfires to the east of the Great Slave Lake remain active. A large area of thin density smoke is visible in much of eastern Northwest Territories and central Nunavut Territory. An elongated area of thin density remnant smoke stretches east across Nunavut Territory and Hudson Bay and then southeast into Quebec. Moderate density remnant smoke stretches approximately to the half way point across Hudson Bay. Thick remnant smoke is localized to the source points and also near the Northwest Territories-Nunavut Territory border. Ontario: The large wildfire in western Ontario continues to be detected in IR satellite imagery this morning. The fire is likely producing smoke but the presence of clouds has prevented the detection of smoke this morning. Central US to Mid-Atlantic States: A large area of aerosol is visible in the central US and mid Atlantic regions including much of the Ohio river valley, New England states, Virginia, and the Carolinas. The aerosol is believed to be primarily composed of haze and urban pollution, though fires in the eastern Carolinas and southeastern Georgia could be partially contributing to some of the aerosol particularly along and off the Southeast and Middle Atlantic coastal areas. The aerosol extends eastward well offshore into the western Atlantic. 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