DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1400Z July 1, 2014

SMOKE:
New Mexico:
A large fire complex in southern Rio Arriba County of north central New
Mexico has resulted in an area of residual light to isolated moderately
dense smoke across much of eastern New Mexico.

West-Central Canada/Montana/Wyoming/Nebraska:
Residual smoke from the numerous wildfire complexes mainly across the
NW Territories of western Canada extended  southward into portions of
Montana, Wyoming and Nebraska with the most dense smoke near the source
region and in southeastern Alberta.

Newfoundland/Atlantic Ocean:
Light remnant smoke from the Boreal Quebec fire a few days ago with
contributions from the far SW Labrador/Quebec border fire was seen
exiting Newfoundland.   An area of aerosol farther south off the US
Northeast coast was believed to be largely sulfates but some remnant
smoke from these fires may also be present.

DUST:
Gulf of Mexico/Central US Gulf Coast:
A well defined moderately dense Saharan Air Layer was still seen across
the western and central Gulf of Mexico, the eastern third of Texas,
southeastern Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee,
Kentucky, Georgia, South Carolina and Florida.  Dust was becoming
entrained in the circulation of Tropical Depression One off the east
coast of Florida.

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.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/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

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.