DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z July 25, 2012
Eastern US: An area of light smoke can be seen extending out into the Atlantic from the eastern portions of Virginia and North Carolina. This is likely remnant smoke from fires in the central US and Canada. Central US: A large area of light-density smoke is situated over the central US. Within this area, moderately dense to locally thick smoke is found over Indiana. This is likely remnant smoke that is primarily from the fires along the Nebraska/South Dakota border. Smoke is stretching eastward into West Virginia and Virginia. Canada: A large area of light-density smoke covers the majority western Canada originating from large wildfires that continue to burn in the region. While clouds covered a large portion of the analyzed region, an area of thicker density smoke was observed over Northern Alberta, the Northwest Territories, and British Columbia. Blowing Dust/Sand: Florida/Gulf of Mexico: Blowing dust/sand has stretched from the Saharan Desert west into the eastern Gulf of Mexico over southern Florida. -Salemi/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