DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0145Z August 19, 2013
Southern Canada/Upper Midwest of US/Great Lakes: Very large area of moderately dense to dense smoke from N CA/SW OR/ID/MT/WY fires continues moving east covering a large portion of the Northern US and Southern/Eastern portions of Canada between 45 and 52N which includes: SD, ND, MN, N WI, S Ontario, the UP of MI and the NW portion of LP of MI, Southern Quebec out to around Quebec City and the St. Lawrence Seaway. A bit of the smoke is expanding SE along the southern boundary of the smoke as well as the overall flow has sheared out a weakening trof/upper low that affected the Eastern US over the past few days. Ohio River Valley: A narrow ribbon of thin to moderate smoke associated with the sheared out Trof of the larger upper cyclone that brought unseasonable cool temps to the Eastern US can still be seen from Detroit, to Cairo, IL and down the MS. River into Arkansas. This area is becoming quite difficult to see and distinguish between overall hazy/pollutant conditions across this region. US Southern Great Plains/N Mexico: The other half of the large area of moderately dense to dense smoke from N CA/SW OR/ID/MT/WY fires is moving due south covering the entire Southern Great Plains states of: NEB, KS, W OK, W TX into portions of Coahuila and N Neuvo Leon in Mexico. A pocket of particularly dense smoke can bees seen over central and western OK from Enid, OK to OKC to Dallas to around Austin TX. Northern Canada: Thin to moderately dense smoke from the NW Territories fires from 2-3 days ago remains trapped under a west to east oriented ridge across the Northern portions of the NW Territories extending into the southern portions of continental Nunavut and SW portions of Hudson Bay. This area is generally lifting due north or remaining stationary....far SE portions of the thin smoke are moving SE over Hudson Bay. Gallina 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