DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1615Z June 11, 2010
Alaska/Northwestern Canada: Areas of dense smoke continue to be associated with wildfires in the northern Yukon Territory and in eastern Alaska. This smoke is generally drifting to the north, but also to the east. A broader area of light to moderately dense smoke covered much of central, north central and northeast Alaska and northern Yukon and a portion of the northwest Northwest Territory. Central Canada: Elongated area of remnant smoke from the Alaska and northwestern Canada fires is seen across central Canada into western Quebec. Mid-Atlantic/Southeast US: An area of aerosol was seen extending to the east off the coast of Georgia and the Carolinas as well as the Delmarva coast. The composition of this aerosol is not known with certainty but it is likely a mix of remnant smoke from fires across the Southeast and possibly Central America and pollution, dust, sulfates, and other aerosols. Liddick 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