DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0215Z MAY 12, 2009
South Central Canada/Northern Plains: The persistent fires over southeastern Saskatchewan and southwestern Manitoba Provinces of Canada have produced a large area of mainly thin smoke. At sunset the smoke appeared to extend from southeastern Saskatchewan and southwestern Manitoba east northeast to just south of Hudson Bay. Moderate density smoke was concentrated closer to the fire activity near Lake Winnipeg. Widespread cloud cover near the Canadian Border of Minnesota prevented a detailed smoke analysis in this area. Arizona: A fire west of Flagstaff in southern Coconino County was producing a thin smoke plume that extended over 150 miles northeast into San Juan and McKinley counties of northwest New Mexico. Hanna 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