DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z July 8, 2012
Pac NW/Western and Central Canada/Northern Alaska/Great Lakes: Another very large area of light to moderately dense remnant smoke can be seen this morning and early afternoon moving southeastward from northern Alaska and moving eastward from the Pac NW. This smoke is likely transported from the numerous wildfires that have been burning through Siberia. Additionally, the numerous fires that are burning through northern Alberta and Northwest Territories are adding to the smoke through this region. Southern Idaho: An area of what appears to be light, remnant smoke with some embedded moderately dense smoke can be seen moving northward from southern Utah through eastern Oregon and extreme southwestern Montana. This is likely leftover smoke from the large wildfire that is burning in southern Idaho. Northern California: An area of light, remnant smoke can be seen moving northward through northern California. Several fires burning through central and northern California likely led to this area of smoke. One fire in particular burning in the southern portion of the Mendocino National Forest is still producing smoke this morning and is likely the biggest cause of the leftover smoke moving towards the north. Central/Eastern US: Excessive cloudiness over the central US and poor sun angle over the eastern half of the country has made smoke detection difficult this morning and afternoon. Furthermore, if smoke is seen over this region, it is likely mixed with unknown aerosols and haze at this time. -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