DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1330Z July 10, 2012
Canada and Central US: A combination of fires in northern Alberta and southern Northwest Territories as well as the Far East of Russia have resulted in light smoke across much of Canada and the central US. Within this large area of light smoke, moderate to very dense smoke could be found over the Northwest Territories, northern Alberta and northern Saskatchewan. Moderately dense smoke also covered Manitoba. Pacific Northwest: Large wildfires burning in northern California, Oregon, and Idaho are collectively producing a light to moderately dense remnant smoke mass that covers much of the region. Very dense smoke extended from northern California across southeast Oregon and into central Idaho. 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