DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z July 8, 2012
Alaska/Northwest Canada/Western and Central Canada: A large area of mostly light remnant smoke with some embedded moderately dense smoke can be seen moving towards the southeast from northern Alaska through Yukon/Northwest Territories and into West/Central Canada. Some of this is remnant smoke being transported in from Siberia due to the numerous fires that have been burning in that region. Additionally, some of this smoke is from the wildfires that have been burning through Alberta and the Northwest Territories. Pac NW/Western and Southern Canada: Light to moderately dense smoke can be seen moving in from the west across the Pac NW and along the US/Canada border. Most of this is likely most being transported from Siberia. Central US into the Great Lakes: Large area of remnant smoke can be seen over the central US towards the Great Lakes this morning and early afternoon. This is likely leftover smoke from the numerous wildfires burning across the western half of the US. -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