DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1715Z July 27, 2011
Canada: Fires in western Northwest Territories and northern Saskatchewan continue to produce moderate to heavy smoke. Much of the remnant moderate/dense smoke has remained over Northwest Territories/Nunavut/Manitoba/Saskatchewan, but light smoke does extend into the central portion of Hudson Bay. Eastern US: Light/moderate smoke extends from Kentucky/Tennessee and from northern South Carolina into Southern Maryland and then extends off the east coast ahead of a front moving through the region. The smoke is likely remnant from the Norton Point wildfire in Wyoming as well as from the fires in Northern Canada. California: Remnant smoke from covers portions of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and into Central Nevada from a wildfire in southern California. The wildfire continues to burn and produce dense smoke. Texas: Remnant light smoke over central Texas has moved into southwest Oklahoma this morning from a fire in central Texas. Northern Plains: Area of light/moderate smoke from the Norton Point wildfire in Wyoming was seen moving through North and South Dakota this morning ahead of a cold front moving through the area. 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