Saturday, July 19, 2014

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z July 20, 2014

Currently:
U.S/Canada
Heavy smoke continues to emit from wildfires across the Northwest
Territories, Washington, Oregon and Northern California. The wildfires
over the Northwest Territories are producing dense to very dense smoke
spreading south into northern Alberta. The wildfires in Washington
and Oregon are emitting dense smoke easterly into western sections of
the state and into Idaho and Montana.   The moderately dense smoke in
Saskatchewan and Manitoba has now reached parts of northwest Ontario into
the Hudson Bay.   Another area of moderately dense residual smoke can now
be seem moving off the northeast Canada coast with northern sections of
the strip of smoke reaching southern Greenland.  In the U.S. the residual
smoke from the Washington/Oregon wildfires has spread into parts of the
Dakota, northern Nebraska, southern Canada and is now reaching western
Minnesota and most likely Iowa.

Dust:
Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas:
Based on satellite imagery and  the NRL Aerosol page an area of dust
can be seen moving across parts of southern Texas and into southern
Arkansas and western/Louisiana.  Weather clouds across a large portion
of Louisiana and Arkansas is blocking the full view of dust.

J Kibler

Earlier Today

U.S/Canada:
Remnant smoke is visible across much of Canada and the U.S, originating
from wildfires that continue to burn through the Northwest Territories,
northern Saskatchewan, Washington, and Oregon. Light density smoke is
seen across much of central Canada, moving southward over NW Territories,
southern Nunavut, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. Smoke from both the Canadian
wildfires and U.S. wildfires in Washington/Oregon are combining throughout
northwestern and north-central portions of the U.S. Remnant smoke is
visible across the central U.S and Northeastern U.S, as well as much of
eastern Canada, currently moving out over the Atlantic Ocean. Moderate
density smoke is seen embedded in the broader plume in Canada over NW
Territories, southern Nunavut, southern Alberta, southern Manitoba, and
Saskatchewan, and in the U.S over the northern Rockies, northern Plains,
and upper Mississippi Valley.

Heeps

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.