DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z July 19, 2012
Northeast US/Mid-Atlantic/Central US/Central and Eastern Canada: Large area of light smoke and other aerosols extends from off the US East coast, through the Mid-Atlantic into Texas, and then covers the central US and into southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario. The smoke is then caught up around a low pressure system over far eastern Canada and is pulled through the northern Great Lakes region and off the Northeast US coastline towards Newfoundland. A large area of medium dense smoke is seen covering much of the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest region. A thin ribbon of medium smoke is also observed being pulled over the Great Lakes region/Northeast US by the low pressure system. The smoke content is believed to be remnant from various agricultural and wild fires over the US and Central America over the past several days. Some Saharan dust could also be mixed in from the Mid-Atlantic and over the Southern Plains. Northern Canada: An area of remnant smoke from agricultural and wildfires over Canada can be seen rotating around a high pressure system from northern Ontario through eastern Nunavut and back east over the northern Hudson Bay. Saharan Dust over the southeast: Large area of Saharan dust can still be seen over Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico as well as off the Gerogia and South Carolina border. The dust is being pulled northeast further out into the Atlantic at the current time. Liddick 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