DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1845Z June 17, 2010
British Columbia/Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba/Northwest Territories: An expansive area of light to moderate density smoke covers a large area from northern British Columbia and the southern Northwest Territories east towards the western shore of Hudson Bay in Northern Manitoba. Within this larger smoke plume a large area of very dense smoke was detected over northern Saskatchewan and northern Manitoba. The source of the very dense smoke was the numerous wildfires located over northern Saskatchewan. Additional sources for the larger smoke plume were from fires over the last week in Alaska and Yukon Territory. Southern Ontario/Southern Quebec/Great Lakes states: A large area of moderate density smoke was detected from the southern shores of James Bay and covered a good portion of southern Quebec and southeastern Ontario. The plume was seen approaching Lake Erie and Lake Ontario and was likely pushing into the lower peninsula of Michigan. Sources for this smoke were the large wildfires over southern Quebec and also over central Quebec just east of James Bay. Arizona: A light to moderately dense smoke plume was observed over northern Arizona and extended into northwest New Mexico and into south central Colorado. The source of this smoke was the wildfire analyzed over northern Arizona. Front Range/Central and Northern Plains: An area of what is believed to be blowing dust extended from the Front Range area of Colorado into Nebraska and the Dakotas. Hanna 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