Tuesday, June 19, 2007

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1530Z June 19, 2007

US East Coast:
A large area of smoke/haze can be seen stretching from the coastline of
North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and southern New Jersey to
nearly 500 NMI into the Atlantic Ocean.  This area of smoke is probably
the result of residual smoke from the fires in central Quebec moving
down the Atlantic Coast.

Yukon Territory:
A large area of moderately dense to dense smoke can be seen extending
from the central Yukon Territory and moving to the southwest.

Alberta/Saskatchewan/North Central Plains:
A large area of moderately dense to dense residual smoke from the large
fires in northern Saskatchewan/Alberta can be seen moving across southern
Sasakatchewan, down into southern Manitoba, across both North and South
Dakota and into Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin.

The large fires that produced this area of smoke continue to burn today,
just west of Lake Athabasca in northern Alberta, and are producing dense
plumes of smoke that are moving directly to the south.

Quebec:
The fires that are spreading throughout central Quebec can be seen very
easily in IR, but due to large weather clouds in the area, it is very
difficult to see any smoke.  However, residual smoke can be seen moving
southeast over New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and ultimately into the
Atlantic Ocean.


Banks

 


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.