DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0215Z June 2, 2009
Great Lakes Region: The area of what was believed to be remnant thin smoke leftover from the fires burning yesterday over eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota which had been visible this morning moving eastward across Wisconsin, the upper peninsula of Michigan, Lake Superior, and Lake Michigan, was no longer discernible in satellite imagery early this evening. Mid Atlantic Region: A band with a hazy appearance continued to be observed in visible satellite imagery early this evening stretching from southern Virginia and the Carolinas eastward to the coast and offshore over the Atlantic. It is unknown if any remnant smoke is contributing to this large area of aerosol. Southern and southwestern Canada/Northern Montana/Northern North Dakota: Visible imagery this evening showed a large mass of aerosol of unknown origin and composition extending from around Lake Winnipeg across the southern portions of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta provinces of Canada as well as far northern North Dakota and northern Montana. The area of aerosol then curved northward across much of Alberta Province of western Canada toward the Great Slave Lake. JS 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