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