DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z July 26, 2012
Montana/Northern and Central Plains Large area of remnant light smoke over this region is the result of fires in Montana, the Dakotas and Wyoming with some contribution possible from wildfires burning in southern Canada. Alaska and Northwest Territories: An area of haze, presumed to be smoke from fires in Far East Russia, extended across central Alaska into the Northwest Territories. Western and Central Canada: Moderate with isolated dense smoke covered portions of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, with an area of light residual smoke much larger in scope, as a result of numerous fires burning from the borders of British Columbia, Southeast Yukon and the southwestern Northwest Territories eastward across Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Quebec. Hudson Bay: An area of haze, presumed to be remnant light smoke from fires farther to the west, was located across the central Hudson Bay. 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