DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1530Z July 28, 2009
Alaska/Canada/Northern US: Numerous wildfires are still burning throughout central Alaska, but only some smoke can be seen in vis imagery due to extensive cloud cover. In addition, residual light to moderately dense smoke can be seen across the western sections of the Northwest Territories. Furthermore, another batch of residual light smoke is situated over a large area stretching from the northern sections of Alberta and Saskatchewan, south to the Northern Plains of the US. All of this smoke is presumably coming from wildfires burning in the Northwest Territories and central Alaska. British Columbia/Washington/Oregon: In the Pacific Northwest, several batches of residual light smoke are moving south, originating from wildfires in the southern province of BC. California: Residual light smoke from a wildfire about 200km east of the San Francisco metro area is currently moving to the south and southwest. RCE More information on the areas of smoke described above as well as others can be found at the locations listed below. THE FORMAT OF THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS BEING MODIFIED. IT WILL NO LONGER DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS PLUMES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES. THESE PLUMES ARE DEPICTED IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/hms.html GIS: http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm KML: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html THIS TEXT PRODUCT WILL CONTINUE TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE WHICH HAVE BECOME DETACHED FROM AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE, TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. IT WILL ALSO STILL INCLUDE DESCRIPTIONS OF BLOWING DUST. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THESE CHANGES OR THE SMOKE TEXT PRODUCT IN GENERAL SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov