DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z July 29, 2013

Western US to Northern and Central Plains;
Wildfires burning in Washington and Idaho yesterday and today are
producing an area of mostly light to moderate residual smoke stretching
east across central/eastern Washington, northern Oregon, northern/central
Idaho and western Montana.   Residual smoke is also seen from these
wildfires in eastern Montana, northern Wyoming, and part of North and
South Dakota.

Central Canada/Upper Mississippi Valley/Great Lakes:
Large area of smoke from wildfires burning across northern/central
Manitoba stretches across a large section of central Canada and the
northern US.  Heavy smoke is seen extending along the western Hudson Bay
and in sections of northeast Manitoba. Moderately dense smoke extends
along the entire western Hudson Bay south into southern Ontario.
A large area of light smoke extends over most of eastern Manitoba,
Hudson Bay and Ontario.  It stretches south into the US including the
states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, western Michigan, Iowa, Illinois and
western Indiana.

California:
Wildfire burning in central California is producing moderate smoke
moving n-ly across California.   The residual smoke from this wildfire
stretches north along central California and nearing the Oregon coast
and into parts of central Nevada almost reaching Utah.

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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.