Friday, July 26, 2013

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1815Z July 26, 2013

Central Canada/North Central US:
An expansive area of smoke covers most of central Canada and the north
central US this morning. Moderately dense to dense smoke is being produced
by numerous wildfires across the Northwest Territories, northern Alberta,
northern Saskatchewan, and northern Manitoba. Thin smoke from these fires
extends southward across southern Canada stretching across the northern US
states of Montana, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and
Nebraska mixing with other smoke that is coming from the Western US fires.

Western to Central US:
Fires in the western US states of California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho,
Montana, and Wyoming were producing thin to moderately dense smoke that
was extending east and southeast towards the central US. The smoke from
these fires mixed with the smoke that was being pulled southward from
the Canadian wildfires by an upper level weather system over Minnesota
and Wisconsin.

Sheffler

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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.