DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1745Z August 19, 2014
E Canada/Maine: A few very narrow bands of very thin smoke can be seen in the main stream of the jet southwest of the cyclone over SW Newfoundland. The most significant band was seen from NE of Montreal across central ME, just off the south tip of NS into the Atlantic. Mid-Atlantic/E Great Lakes: Thin smoke pulled from the Canadian boreal fires over the last week continued east covering the eastern portions of OH, N WV, S PA, MD into the coastal zones of the Atlantic along 38N out to 65W. A portion of this light smoke was being pulled NNE on the SE side of the shortwave cyclone across N Lake MI...covering NW OH, SE MI and portions of E IN. Northern US Plains/S Canadian Prairies: Thin to moderately dense smoke can be seen from BC, Alberta, Idaho and potential contributions from NW California fires over the last few days has cleared the ridge over the Rockies. This smoke covers the S quarter of Alberta, southern half of Saskatchewan, southern half of Manitoba, far NE MT, all of ND, SD, NE NEB, W MN, SW and S IA, and N MO and W IL. Much of this is moving SE across the US and E across Alberta/Saskatchewan and NE across Manitoba. A swath of very dense smoke can be seen seen from Dickenson, ND to Omaha, NEB with a width of about 100km wide. Arctic Territories of Canada: A large area of very thin smoke can be seen across the Arctic Ocean, and N Canada, likely from smoke that became trans-polar from sources in Canada a week or so ago, though contributions from Siberian fires cannot be ruled out. This smoke covers much of Yukon, NW Territories and Nunavut north of 64N as far east as Southhampton Island and E Prince of Wales Island. 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.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