DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1702Z August 16, 2013
Canada: Large area of light smoke from northwest Canada through central Canada from northern British Columbia/Alberta to the Hudson Bay and covering all of Saskatchewan/Manitoba/Ontario and south of the US/Canada border. An area of medium smoke persists over western Ontario and also northern Manitoba. The smoke is remnant from numerous wildfires that have been burning over parts of north central and northwest Canada for the past several days. Weather clouds in the area are likely preventing detection of smoke as well. US: Light smoke extends from northern California and Oregon through the northern plains and into the Mississippi Valley/Midwest and Great Lakes as well as branching down through Colorado/New Mexico and into Texas and Louisiana. An area of medium dense smoke remain over the Great Lakes and Midwest region from northern Missouri through Wisconsin and north of the border. Another area of medium to dense smoke was seen over much of the northern and Central Rockies from persistent fires in Idaho and Utah. All of this smoke is a mix of fires in the Northwest US/Rockies and fires up in Northwest Canada which all have been burning for several days. 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