DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z June 09, 2011
Northern Mexico/Central and Eastern U.S.: Smoke exists over much of the eastern two thirds of the contiguous U.S. this evening predominantly from the two large wildfires in eastern Arizona (Wallow and Horseshoe 2) and the wildfires in southeastern Colorado. The thickest smoke over the U.S. stretched from New Mexico/Colorado and Oklahoma/Kansas to the Lake Michigan region with thin to moderate density smoke reaching as far northeast as Quebec and as far east as the Atlantic Ocean off of New England. In addition, thin smoke was seen streaming northeast from Mexico into New Mexico/west Texas. Southeastern U.S.: A moderately dense smoke ribbon resulting from the Prarie wildfire in south Florida extends and expands west into the Gulf of Mexico and then northward into southern Louisiana. More localized smoke is present in the southeastern U.S. from many agricultural burns in the mid and lower Mississippi valley as well as in North and South Carolina. Western Canada/North Central U.S.: Smoke from the massive wildfires in northeast Alberta were again producing dense smoke today. Remnant smoke from these fires over the past few days was drifting southeast across Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba into parts of Montana/North Dakota. A very thin layer of smoke could be seen drifting eastward across northeast British Columbia/north Alberta/southern Northwest Territories/northern Hudson Bay. This smoke may be from the fires in Alberta or could be from fires in Alaska. Alaska: A thin patch of smoke was seen over northeast Alaska this morning, likely from the fires in the east-central part of the state. Clouds prevented additional smoke detection this afternoon. Sheffler/Ramirez/Simko 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