DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0232Z June 6, 2009
Dakotas east to the Great Lakes and Southeastern Canada: The extremely large area of smoke analyzed on morning satellite imagery has become very difficult to detect due to widespread cloud cover over most of western Canada and the northwestern US. This evening the most significant area of smoke was analyzed from the Dakotas extending into the northern Great Lakes and then extending northeast into southeastern Ontario and central Quebec. Utah/Southern Idaho: Strong southwesterly winds ahead of the weather system now located over the Great Basin was allowing for a good deal of blowing dust/sand that appears to be originating from the Sevier Desert in Millard and Juab counties in western Utah. The area of blowing dust/sand was seen lifting rapidly north into portions of southeastern Idaho. 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