Wednesday, July 25, 2012

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z July 26, 2012

Oklahoma:
A wildfire near Indiahoma, OK in southwestern Oklahoma produced a large
amount of northeastward moving smoke this evening.  Localized dense
pockets of smoke are possible, especially in Kiowa County.   Other
wildfires located throughout the state produced visible smoke plumes
as well.

Alaska:
A ribbon-like feature, presumed to be smoke, was viewed in east-central
Alaska, near the Yukon border.  It is likely that this aerosol is smoke
from Siberia.

Montana:
The Wolf Creek fire in Montana produced smoke which covered eastern
portions of the state.  Wildfires burning in Alberta and Saskatchewan
produced smoke which dropped southward across the US/Canada border.

Blowing Dust/Sand:

Florida/Gulf of Mexico:
Saharan dust continued to be seen this evening – especially south of
Charlotte, Okeechobee and Martin Counties in Florida.   This swath of
dust also extended in the water surrounding Florida.

-Myrga

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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.