Friday, July 01 2016

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z July 1, 2016

SMOKE:
Northwestern and Central Canada/Upper Mississippi Valley:
A huge area of thin density smoke attributed mainly to the
wildfires burning over portions of central Canada can be seen
stretching across southeast Northwest Territory into Nunavut,
south across northeast/northern Alberta, into northern and central
Saskatchewan/Manitoba.  The heaviest smoke is seen across portions of
northeast Alberta, northwest Saskatchewan and south central Northwest
Territory.
Across the US, a small area of light density residual smoke stretches
southeast from central Minnesota into western Wisconsin.

Alaska:
Wildfires in west central and central Alaska have produced an area
of light residual smoke stretching from northeast Alaska and across
northern sections of Yukon and Northwest Territories.  Near the source
these wildfires are producing light to moderately dense smoke.

J Kibler


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.