DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1515Z June 24, 2009
North Central Gulf of Mexico: A remnant plume of thin smoke from last night's fire along the coastal portions of Mobile county, AL, can be seen moving due south over the northern Gulf of Mexico about 90km off the AL coast and 90km east of the mouth of the Missisippi River. The plume is about 40km wide and extends N to S about 100km. Lower Mississippi and Red River Valleys: Remnant thin smoke from numerous agricultural fires from the MO bootheel and across AR/LA can be seen at the extreme sun angles of Goes-West but is also dense enough to be seen on Goes-East. The thickest (though thin) areas cover much of N LA and AR. SO2: A large area of SO2 from the Sarychev Peak eruption can be seen across nearly all of Canada and NE MT, ND and N MN. The most dense area is oriented NW-SE ahead (NE) of large upper low coming into BC, and covers far NE BC, across central Alberta, S Saskatchewan. The plume is thin to moderately dense across S Mantioba, N Ontario across James Bay into W Quebec. Small pockets of thin So2 can be seen in the upper low over the Gulf of Alaska that is arcing the So2 along the NE quadrant over S Alaska from Anchorage along the SE coast to Cape St. Elias. Gallina 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