Sunday, July 28, 2013

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z July 28, 2013

Canada:
-A broad area of light remnant smoke stretches over much of central and
northern Canada stemming from several active wildfires in Northwest
Territories, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Light density smoke is seen
from Saskatchewan east over the northern portion of Hudson Bay and then
it wraps down over Newfoundland, while the moderate to dense smoke
is concentrated mainly over Nunavut and the immediate surrounding
provinces/waters.

United States:
-Smoke that originated from Canadian wildfires has dropped south into
the central US and wraps east over the Ohio River Valley.
-Wildfires in the Pacific Northwest states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho,
and western Montana are collectively producing  a light density smoke mass
that is moving east northeast and covers the said regions plus southern
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and also the Dakotas and Minnesota.

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

 


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.