DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z July 8, 2013
Canada: Smoke from wildfires burning through eastern Alaska, western Canada and Great Slave Lake/Lake Athabasca have led to a very large smoke plume that extends from extreme northern Alaska into the Northwest Territories and then into portions of Nunavut and further southward into Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Into eastern Canada, areas of light to moderate smoke can be seen extending from the southern portion of the Hudson Bay into eastern Ontario and then through central/southern Quebec and then off the coast. This is likely due in part to the fires burning out west as well as from the numerous wildfires that continue to burn throughout central Quebec. US: The Bison wildfire currently burning near Reno, Nevada has a large area of moderate to very dense remnant smoke which extends eastward from the fire into portions of Idaho, Wyoming and southern Montana. Then further east, a large area of remnant smoke can be seen throughout the Plains states with moderate density smoke into Nebraska and Iowa. Belge 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