DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z July 13, 2014
SMOKE: Canada/Northern U.S: Large areas of light to heavy density smoke is visible in satellite imagery this morning moving SE through central Canada into the northern US. Areas affected by heavy smoke include the NW Territories, Nunavut, BC, and Alberta. Areas affected by medium density smoke include the NW Territories, Alberta, BC, Saskatchewan, northern Montana, North Dakota, northern South Dakota, southern Minnesota, the upper peninsula of Michigan, and Lake Superior. Areas of light density smoke include Nunavut, southern Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, BC, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, northern Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, southern Ontario, and the western Great Lakes. This remnant smoke originates from the wildfires burning in BC, Alberta, and the NW Territories. DUST: Mississippi Valley A large area of dense blowing dust is visible in satellite imagery this morning. The Saharan dust is visible in New Mexico, Texas , Oklahoma, and Arkansas and seems to be extending east. Although due to the spatial limitations of GOES-W, it is difficult to determine how far the dust extends east at sunrise. AEROSOLS: Northeast: An area of unknown aerosols are visible moving offshore the Northeast into the Atlantic Ocean this morning. The plume is first visible at sunrise and extends from New Jersey to Maine. Oegerle 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