DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z August 9, 2012
Western/Northern Alaska: An elongated and large area of remnant smoke can be seen moving eastward through portions of western and northern Alaska. This is likely remnant, high level smoke from Siberia. British Columbia/Alberta/Saskatchewan: A large area of moderately dense smoke can be seen moving through portions of western Canada this morning and early afternoon. This is likely smoke coming from the Siberian wildfires mixed in with remnant smoke from the numerous fires continuing to burn through British Columbia and southern Yukon and Northwest Territories. Saskatchewan/Ontario/Nunavut/Northwest Territories: A large area of light and moderately dense smoke can be seen through this region. This remnant smoke is a mix of Siberian smoke as well as from the many fires that continue to burn through Saskatchewan and extreme western Manitoba. Western US/Northern and Central Plains: A very large area of light and moderately dense remnant smoke can be seen stretching from portions of northern California, eastward into the northern and central Plains. Large wildfires continue to burn throughout the western US through California, Nevada and Idaho and are leading to this large area of smoke as it moves eastward. -Belge 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