Tuesday, July 2, 2013

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z July 2, 2013

*NOTE: CORRECTION MADE TO NAME OF ALASKAN WILDFIRE*

North America:
The majority of North America is covered by light remnant smoke this
morning. The regions that do not appear to have light remnant smoke are
along the US East Coast, the eastern Great Lakes region, western Northwest
Territories, and British Columbia. Numerous areas of moderately dense
to dense smoke were concentrated through the central portion of the
US, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec. The densest of smoke
remained over Quebec where many large wildfires continue to produce
copious amounts of smoke. Additionally, the Stuart Creek #2 wildfire,
located about 25 miles east of North Pole, AK, was producing large
amounts of dense smoke early this afternoon that could be detected
through breaks in the clouds. It is likely there are additional areas
covered by at least light remnant smoke throughout North America but
could not be detected due to cloud coverage.

-Vogt


THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS
OF 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.