DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z July 27, 2011
Canada: An expansive area of moderately dense smoke continues to cover much of Canada and stretches eastward through Nunavut towards northern portions of Quebec. Much of this smoke has originated from several large wildfires in the Northwest Territories. North Central US: The Norton Point wildfire in the Shoshone National Forest of Wyoming, was continuing to produce a large area of smoke this evening. Remnant moderate to extremely dense smoke from this fire stretched across the Plains reaching as far east as Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana. Cloud cover over portions of the Dakotas hindered smoke analysis in this region but it is likely that smoke was also located in this area. Pacific Northwest: A large area of thin smoke was pushing onshore from British Columbia south towards California and extended as far inland as Idaho and Montana. It is believed that this smoke was transported across the Pacific from Asian wildfires. Hanna 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