DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1830Z June 09, 2011
Southwest/Central/Eastern U.S.: Expansive area of smoke remains over the eastern two thirds of the contiguous U.S. today mostly from the two large wildfires in eastern Arizona (Wallow and Horseshoe 2) and from wildfires that were burning yesterday in southeast Colorado. The thickest smoke over the U.S. stretched from east Arizona to the Oklahoma/Texas panhandles and southwest Kansas with another large area stretching from southern Texas to Illinois/Indiana. The remnant smoke reaches as far as the coast of Maine and Nova Scotia this morning. There is also smoke moving westward across the eastern Gulf of Mexico this morning from several large wildfires in southeast Georgia and Florida. Northern Mexico: Thin to moderate density smoke is seen over parts of northern Mexico this morning from the fires burning there with some of the remnant smoke extending into Texas. Southwest/South Central Canada: Dense smoke continues to be emitted by the wildfires burning in northeast Alberta and northwest Saskatchewan. Smoke from these fires reaches eastward across parts of Hudson Bay and south across Manitoba/Saskatchewan/Albera/and southeast British Columbia. A small patch of thin smoke likely from these wildfires was also seen drifting south across Lake Superior. Northwest Canada/Alaska: Thin remnant smoke was present across parts of northern Alaska/Yukon Teritory/and the Northwest Territories this morning. Most of this smoke likely came from the wildfires in east central Alaska, although new fires in the southern Yukon may have also contributed. Nevada/California: Mostly thin smoke was drifting eastward across central Nevada this morning. This smoke is from the Cougar Fire that has been burning since yesterday in northeast California. Sheffler 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