Thursday, July 5, 2012

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z July 6, 2012

US:
Remnant smoke from fires burning mainly in portions of Montana, Wyoming,
Colorado, and Utah can be seen in visible imagery covering a large part of
the US from the Rockies to the Eastern Great Lakes, the Middle Atlantic,
and the Southeast. The smoke is primarily thin density with the exception
of a few patches of moderately dense smoke across the Upper Mississippi
Valley and Northern Plains.

Western US to Southern Canada:
A swath of thin to moderately dense smoke is visible stretching from the
eastern Pacific across northern California and the Pacific Northwest to
the northern Rockies. The smoke extends much farther to the east over
much of southern Canada to as far east as central Quebec Province. This
smoke is believed to be from fires burning in Siberia.

Northwestern Canada:
Mainly thin density smoke was observed moving inland from the Pacific
across northern British Columbia and the southern portions of the Yukon
to the southern portions of the Northwest Territories. This smoke was
also believed to be from the fires burning in Siberia.

JS


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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.