DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z July 4, 2012
Eastern two thirds of the US: The smoke situation this evening is similar to last evening with a broad area of smoke observed over much of the nation from the Rockies and Intermountain West eastward to the Atlantic seaboard. The smoke is originating from numerous large wildfires that have been burning for several days to weeks mainly in Wyoming, Montana and Utah. Moderate to dense areas of smoke are present near the fires and also extend for hundreds of kilometers to the east. The areas of moderate to dense smoke cover most of Wyoming and the central and northern Plains from Oklahoma and Arkansas northward to the Canadian border. The smoke then gradually disperses further to the east across the Great Lake region and Ohio River valley to the Atlantic Seaboard. An arm of light smoke also wraps down through much of central and west Texas. Light smoke has also circulated back into the Southwest US in the anticyclonic circulation of the region. Ruminski 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