DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z July 15, 2013
Central US: Remnant thin smoke from wildfires several days ago in Canada has dropped south and become embedded in a large cyclonic circulation that covers much of the central plains and Great Lakes regions. The exact extent of the smoke is uncertain due to cloud cover. Eastern Canada: Light smoke is observed in the western Atlantic across the Island of Newfoundland, the Gulf of St Lawrence, Labrador and into the Labrador Sea. Hudson Bay/Northern Manitoba/northern Ontario: Active fires across northern Manitoba are generating a light density smoke plume encompassing Ontario, James Bay / Hudson Bay, and western Quebec. Moderate and heavy smoke is confined to Manitoba and Ontario. Alaska and Yukon: Several wildfires mainly located in Yukon Territory are responsible for a light density remnant smoke mass that has been circulating and recirculating over much of Alaska. Moderate to heavy density smoke is observed in the vicinity of the active fires and is moving south into British Columbia. Ramirez 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