DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z July 24, 2012
UPDATE: Eastern US: An area of light smoke can be seen along the eastern seaboard stretching from southern South Carolina to Pennsylvania. This is likely remnant smoke from fires in the central US and Canada. Central US: A large area of light-density smoke with a small area of moderately dense smoke is situated over the central US. This is likely remnant smoke from the fires along the Nebraska/South Dakota border mixed with smoke from wildfires in Manitoba: Canada: A large area of light-density smoke extends from northern British Columbia, NE into the Yukon/Northwest Territories where it turns SE and joins another area of smoke moving SE along the Northwest Territories/Nunavut border. These two areas converge into a large area of smoke over Manitoba and western Ontario. The smoke entering from British Columbia and Nunavut is likely remnant smoke from Siberian wildfires that is being transported across the Pacific. This smoke is then merging with the smoke being created from the numerous wildfires throughout Manitoba. Blowing Dust/Sand: Blowing dust/sand has stretched from the Saharan Desert west into the eastern Gulf of Mexico over southern Florida. -Salemi 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