DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z July 11, 2013
Central North America: A large area of smoke is situated over the center of North America. It stretches from Saskatchewan to Quebec and as far south as northern Texas/Louisiana. There are denser areas of smoke over Ontario, Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana. This is likely remnant smoke from the wildfires that were located throughout Canada and the fires in the southwestern US. This area of smoke may reach further east but weather clouds in the vicinity inhibit detection. NW Canada: An area of smoke is detected between the clouds near the Northwest Territories/Alberta border. This area of smoke is likely larger but the full extent cannot be determined due to cloudiness. Alaska: An area of remnant smoke is located over the northern portion of Alaska and appears to be moving to the north. Off the south coast of Alaska, a smoke ribbon of smoke extends southeast to the southern coast of British Columbia. -Salemi 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