DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z July 21, 2013
Quebec/Ontario/Hudson Bay: An area of thin to moderate smoke is seen in satellite imagery this morning drifting eastward across western Quebec, Ontario and portions of the Hudson Bay. Majority of the moderate dense smoke is located over Ontario province. Large smoke producing wildfires across northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba are likely the cause of this smoke. Northern Rockies/Pacific Northwest: Two distinct areas of thin smoke could be seen stretched across the northern Rockies and Washington state. The southern plume of smoke covers southeastern Idaho, southern Montana and much of Wyoming. The northern area of smoke is seen elongated from northern Montana, northern Idaho, and across Washington. Smoke has originated from wildfires burning across Idaho/western Montana along with the Box Springs wildfire in north-central Oregon. California: Most of the remnant smoke from the Mountain fire in southern California has pushed west and offshore over the Pacific Ocean, with the exception of a small thin extension of the plume just over the San Francisco Bay area. Texas: A small area of thin density unknown aerosols is seen drifting northward across west Texas just west of Abilene near Big Spring. 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