DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z June 15, 2009
Central Canada/Northern US A large area of remnant smoke stretches across sections of central Canada and the Northern US. The smoke is moving E-ESE and edging into E Canada and US. An area of moderately dense smoke stretches across extreme S Manitoba into NE North Dakota and N Minnesota. A pocket of moderately dense to dense smoke is located in central Manitoba stretching across Lake Winnipeg. Another pocket of moderately dense to dense smoke moved across parts of central Saskatchewan today. The overall area of smoke extends across E Alberta, most of Saskatchewan, S and C Manitoba and into S and C sections of Ontario. In the US the smoke is across the extreme northern edges of Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Also in Canada, numerous wildfires are burning producing plumes of moderately dense to dense smoke moving easterly in direction. The smoke plumes are attached to the source. Most of these wildfires are located in N and C Alberta and Saskatchewan. The smoke from these wildfires are combining with the remnant smoke from fires burning over the last few days. Northwest Mexico: Numerous fires in the states of Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango and Sinaloa in NW Mexico are producing light to moderately dense smoke. The smoke is moving in several directions. Panhandle of Florida: A fire burning in E central Okaloosa county is producing moderately dense to dense smoke moving S into the Gulf of Mexico. Arizona: Several wildfires across the state are emitting thin to moderately dense attached plumes of smoke. J Kibler More information on additional areas of smoke associated with these fires and others can be found at the locations listed below. 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