DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z June 1, 2010
Northeast US: Dense remnant smoke from wildfires in Quebec was moving north through eastern Rhode Island, Massachusetts, across much of New Hampshire and Vermont and into southern Maine. Alaska/Northern Canada: Moderately dense smoke from numerous wildfires over Alaska and the Yukon Territory stretched from northern Alaska and the northern Yukon Territory into the Northwest Territories before becoming light across the eastern portion of the Northwest Territories, extreme southwest Nunavut to Hudson Bay. Isolated heavy smoke could be found in the immediate vicinity of several of these fires. Mid Atlantic/Tennessee, Ohio and Lower Mississippi Valleys/Southern Plains: While containing some light residual smoke from fires in Quebec, the bulk of the aerosol covering this large area was of unknown origin and composition. Southwest Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche: Light residual smoke from fires in central America stretched northward from the Bay of Campeche into the western Gulf of Mexico. 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.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/land/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