DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z June 02, 2011
Northern Gulf of Mexico/Southeastern United States/Mid-Atlantic: A large area of thin to locally moderately dense smoke still covers an area from the Northern Gulf of Mexico northeast to the Mid-Atlantic. Most of the smoke has been pushed offshore due to a frontal boundary in the region. The source for this smoke was likely the large number of fires ongoing over Mexico and also from the persistent fire over the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Canada/Great Lakes States An area of thin smoke continues to cover a large area from northern Alberta, most of Saskatchewan and Manitoba and the southern sections of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. The smoke then extended from there southeast towards the United States around an area of high pressure centered near the Great Lakes. Some embedded, denser bands of smoke were visible this morning over Manitoba/Ontario/Lake Superior but they have since dissipated. The source region for this smoke was the large wildfire burning over northeastern Alberta. Closer to the fire an area of moderate to extremely dense smoke was seen this morning lifting north from the fires. Hanna/Myrga THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE..TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE FIRE 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 ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov