DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z July 11, 2012
Western and Central Canada: Growing wild fires in northern Alberta and southern Northwest Territories have resulted in light smoke across much of Canada, with very dense to moderately dense areas found over the Northwest Territories, northern Alberta, northern Saskatchewan, and moving into northern and central Manitoba. Northern California/Pacific Northwest/Great Basin/Northern and Central Plains: Large wildfires burning in northern California, Oregon, and Idaho are collectively producing a large mass of light remnant smoke that covers much of the region. Very dense smoke covers Idaho and Oregon, while moderately dense smoke extends northwest into Montana and northern Wyoming. -LP 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