Sunday, August 4, 2013

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1732Z August 4, 2013

Corrected for spelling...

Central/South Central US:
Light remnant smoke could still be seen over Texas and Louisiana this
morning. This smoke likely originated from fires in the Pacific Northwest
and Canada and has moved southward during the last few days.

Canada/Great Lakes Region:
A large area of light to moderate density smoke remains from Yukon and
Northwest Territories and across northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba and
the western Hudson Bay through much of Ontario and the Great Lakes and
into the Midwest from Iowa to Ohio.  This smoke is from fires that have
been burning across Alaska, northwest Canada, and central Canada recently.

Pacific Northwest:
Light to moderate remnant smoke from continuing fires in southwest Oregon
and Northern California remains over that area this morning.  The smoke
is contained to western and central Oregon and far northwest California.

Caribbean Sea:
An expansive area of Saharan dust now covers the Caribbean and extends
out to the Florida keys to the central Yucatan Peninsula.

Liddick

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.