DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z June 12, 2010
Alaska/Northwestern Canada: Due to heavy cloud cover, much of the smoke in this area can not be seen this morning. Across the north slope of Alaska, light remnant smoke from the numerous fire in the area is moving to the north. Central Canada: The numerous fires over the southern Northwest Territories, and northern Saskatchewan produced the remnant smoke slowly drifting eastward across the area into Manitoba. Eastern Canada: Light remnant smoke from the fires in central Quebec could be seen slowly moving east this morning. Mid-Atlantic/Southeast US: Areas of aerosol could be seen over northern Mississippi, across Georgia into northern Florida, and over the coastlines of Virginia and North Carolina. 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. MS 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