DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1732Z August 9, 2013
Pacific Northwest US to the Great Lakes: Numerous wildfires burning in the western US produced thin to moderately dense smoke that now extends from Washington/Oregon, across the Northern Plains and into the Great Lakes/Midwest US as it bends northeast into eastern Canada. Canada: Extensive amounts of smoke from wildfires in Alaska and northwestern Canada still covered a very large portion of Northern and central Canada and extended through Hudson Bay/eastern Canada and out over the Atlantic this morning. Moderately dense to very dense smoke was present over parts Yukon and Northwest Territories, Nunavut, northern Alberta, northern Saskatchewan, and northern Manitoba. The smoke is likely mixed with other smoke from over the northern US that was coming from western US fires. Dust: Gulf of Mexico/Texas/Oklahoma/Arkansas: A large area of elevated Saharan dust remains across the western Gulf coast and could also be seen over central and eastern Texas, southeast Oklahoma, Arkansas, and western Louisiana. 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