DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1930Z June 16, 2010
Central Canada/North Central US: An expansive area of thin to moderately dense smoke covered much of central Canada into the North Cenral US this morning most likely from the fires that have been burning for several days in southeast Northwest Territories and northern Saskatchewan. Many of these fires could still be seen producing dense smoke this morning. This leftover smoke stretched from southern Nunavut/southeast Northwest Territories southward to the Dakotas and southeast to Illinois and Indiana. In the east-west direction, smoke extended from northeastern Alberta to James Bay and Lake Superior. Another small area of smoke was present over southern Wisconsin and the lower end of Lake Michigan. Northwest Canada: Thin remnant smoke was present over parts of the western Northwest Territories, Yukon Territory, northeast British Columbia, and northwest Alberta. A few larger fires in the Yukon Territory and in eastern Alaska are likely the origins of this smoke, though some could also be from fires that have been burning over the past week. Southeast Canada/Northeast US: Thin smoke was streaming offshore this morning and being wrapped into a coastal upper low that was near Newfoundland. Some moderately dense smoke was seen over northern Maine, southeast Quebec, and over the southwest corner of Newfoundland. Likely this smoke came from the fires that have been burning recently in central Quebec. Additional smoke was probably present beneath the clouds over southeast Ontario and southwest Quebec but could not be seen. Central/South Central US: An area of smoke, thin to moderate in density covered the central US from southwest South Dakota, Nebraska, and east Colorado to northeast Texas, Arkansas, south Missouri, and south Illinois. While some other aerosols may be mixed in over Arkansas and Missouri, remnant smoke within the mix is thought to have originated from the fires in Arizona, New Mexico, and in northern Baja, Mexico. Sheffler 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