DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z August 12, 2013
North Atlantic/Nova Scotia/New Newfoundland: An elongated plume of remnant thin density smoke was seen tracking east-northeast across Newfoundland and Nova Scotia this morning in satellite imagery. This plume extends out across the offshore waters of southeast Canada and is wrapping around the eastern side of a storm system located just southwest of Greenland. Smoke is believed to have originated from wildfires across central Canada. Mid-Atlantic/Ohio River Valley: Remnant smoke plume extends west to east from northern Illinois over portions of the northern Mid-Atlantic states. Smoke is located on the southern side of a west to east oriented frontal boundary. This area of smoke likely is a combination of smoke moving southeast from central Canada, as well as smoke tracking eastward from large wildfires across the Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies. Northern Plains/Northwest US/Central and Western Canada/Eastern Alaska: Numerous, large wildfires continue to produce smoke across the Northwest US and north-central Canada. Smoke from these two wildfires areas have resulted in an expansive area of thin to moderately dense smoke across most of central Canada and northern US. Smoke also extends father north and west into eastern Alaska as wildfires burning across this region are mixing with the smoke from the north-central Canadian fires. Warren THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS 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