Sunday, July 26, 2015

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z July 27, 2015

SMOKE:
Alaska/Yukon Territory:
A couple plumes of remnant light density smoke is visible in central
Alaska from wildfires burning in that region. This smoke is moving east
and has progressed into the Yukon Territory and western parts of the
Northwest Territories. Thick cloud cover rotating up from the southern
part of the state has largely obscured the wildfires and any resulting
smoke over central Alaska.

Canada/US:
A large area of light remnant smoke is visible over an majority of
Canada, including Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Alberta,  Saskatchewan,
Manitoba, Ontario, western Quebec, and parts of Hudson Bay as well as
the northern US states of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota,
Wisconsin, and northern Michigan. Some moderately dense smoke is analyzed
over the western shore of Hudson Bay as well as over central Ontario into
Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia as the smoke enters the northern
US. The smoke continues SE as it passes through the Great Lakes region
affecting Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, and continues through the
US Northeast affecting New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont,
New Hampshire, and Maine. A majority of this smoke is believed to have
been transported around the world from wildfires burning in Siberia. A
few fires burning the past two days near Great Slave Lake in northwest
Canada and fires in the northwestern US likely have also contributed a
little to the smoke mixture in the atmosphere.

DUST:
Southern US:
Saharan dust is present across the far western portion of the Gulf of
Mexico and extends north across a majority of Texas wrapping north and
northwest across parts of New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas. The dust
continues east over Arkansas and Louisiana through the Southeast US.

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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.