DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z July 25, 2013
Central Canada/Central US: Wildfires burning across the southern section of Northwest Territories are producing mostly moderate to heavy smoke moving northeast across the territory. Several wildfires burning across northern Saskatchewan are producing moderate to thick smoke extending south from point source. An overall large area of light smoke from fires burning across central Canada has spread over the provinces /states of eastern Alberta, Saskatchewan, southern and eastern Manitoba and into northern North Dakota and Minnesota. Rockies/Central US: Large wildfires continue to burn across Idaho producing area of moderate to some thick smoke moving east. An area of residual smoke from these fires stretches across southern Montana, northern Wyoming, and part of South Dakota, Colorado and a large section of Kansas and Nebraska. J Kibler 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