DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z July 26, 2012
Oklahoma: A wildfire near Indiahoma, OK in southwestern Oklahoma produced a large amount of northeastward moving smoke this evening. Localized dense pockets of smoke are possible, especially in Kiowa County. Other wildfires located throughout the state produced visible smoke plumes as well. Alaska: A ribbon-like feature, presumed to be smoke, was viewed in east-central Alaska, near the Yukon border. It is likely that this aerosol is smoke from Siberia. Montana: The Wolf Creek fire in Montana produced smoke which covered eastern portions of the state. Wildfires burning in Alberta and Saskatchewan produced smoke which dropped southward across the US/Canada border. Blowing Dust/Sand: Florida/Gulf of Mexico: Saharan dust continued to be seen this evening – especially south of Charlotte, Okeechobee and Martin Counties in Florida. This swath of dust also extended in the water surrounding Florida. -Myrga THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS 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.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/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