DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z May 15, 2011
Alberta/Saskatchewan/Southern Manitoba/Ontario/Southeast Northwest Territory: Wildfires continue to burn over portions of central to northeast Alberta this morning/afternoon. Large plumes of moderately dense to dense smoke are seen moving northerly around the western edge of a high pressure system. Light residual smoke from these wildfires is pushing north over parts of northern Alberta/Saskatchewan and east across the southeast sections of the Northwest Territories. Another area of residual smoke is seen moving south across Ontario and then west across southern Manitoba and southeast Saskatchewan. There is most likely smoke across parts of northeast Saskatchewan and northern Manitoba, but due to cloud cover the smoke cannot be seen in current satellite imagery. Southeast Arizona/Southwest New Mexico: The Horseshoe 2 wildfire continues to burn with a narrow light to moderately dense smoke plume moving east into southwest New Mexico. Kibler 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