DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1555Z July 19, 2013
Southern California/Nevada: Remnant smoke from the Mountain fire in southern California drifted north leaving thin density remnant smoke covering much of southern and eastern Nevada. Central & Eastern US: An expansive plume believed to be comprised of pollutants and haze extends from eastern Texas, eastern Oklahoma, eastern Kansas, across the Tennessee and Ohio River Valleys, Mid-Atlantic, and northeast US with the exception of Maine. Plume continues to extend over the coastal waters of Mid-Atlantic and southern New England. Northern Rockies/Northern Plains/Western Great Lakes/South-Central & Southwestern Canada: Thin to moderately dense smoke plumes are seen stretching east to west over western Great Lakes, northern plains, Montana, Idaho and northwestern Wyoming. One of the plumes extends across the US/Canadian border with embedded heavy dense smoke over northwestern North Dakota and southeastern Saskatchewan. This same plume continues to extend westward with thin to moderately dense smoke across lower British Columbia and its coastal waters. Two main sources are believed to be contributing to the smoke plumes across this area; one is located across Idaho with several wildfires burning and the other an area of wildfires located over northern Saskatchewan/Manitoba. Northern Canada: An area of thin density smoke is observed across portions of Northwest Territories and Nunavut provinces due to wildfires burning across central Canada. California/Nevada: Area of remnant thin-density smoke is seen this morning in satellite imagery drifting west-northwest over portions of southern Nevada and southern California. Smoke is believed to have originated from the Mountain wildfire, which continues to burn across southern California. Warren 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