DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z August 4, 2011
North central US: Remnant smoke from fires in Ontario extends from the Minnesota/Canada border, over Lake Superior, south through Wisconsin. Canada: Fires in the western portion of Ontario continue to emit moderately dense to dense smoke which is moving to the northeast. Hawaii: A collapse of the Pu'u 'O'o Crater has produced a lava flow which is burning vegetation and creating smoke. The smoke extends southwest along the southeast coast of the Big Island of Hawaii. Earlier: Central Canada/Western Great Lakes: A patch of moderate to heavy, dense smoke can be seen stretching from south/central Ontario into parts of eastern Minnesota and then into central Wisconsin and through the western portion of the Great Lakes. This is remnant and some new smoke this morning from the fires that continue to burn through western Ontario and eastern/central Manitoba. Salemi/Belge 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