DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1745Z August 8, 2013
Wyoming/South Dakota/Nebraska: An area of light, remnant smoke can be seen moving towards the south through portions of southern Wyoming and western South Dakota and Nebraska. This is likely from the two large wildfires that have continued to burn through northwest Wyoming. Northern California/Southwest Oregon: An area of remnant smoke mixed with some new smoke this morning can be seen through northwestern California and southwestern Oregon. This smoke is from the wildfires burning through California and Oregon. Central and Northern Canada/Northern US Plains/Alaska: A very large area of remnant and new light to very dense smoke is seen throughout portions of northern and central Canada today and also into parts of northeastern Alaska. This smoke is drifting southward a bit and is reaching portions of the northern Plains of the US. Numerous wildfires continue to burn into the southern portion of Northwest Territories as well as into central and eastern Alaska. These wildfires are putting out moderate to heavy density smoke throughout this region. Central Ontario: An area of very light remnant smoke can be seen drifting eastward through central and eastern Ontario today. This area of smoke has likely come from the larger area seen over much of central and northern Canada and has broken off and moved east. Dust: Gulf of Mexico/Southern Texas: There continues to be a large area of elevated Saharan dust that can be seen across the western half of the Gulf of Mexico and into parts of southeastern Texas this morning and early afternoon. Belge 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