DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z June 14, 2011
Southern Colorado/Southern Arizona/southern New Mexico/northern Mexico: Several large wildfires (e.g. Wallow, Horseshoe 2) continue to emit moderately dense to dense smoke that extends northeast across New Mexico and into north Texas/western Oklahoma, Colorado, and Kansas. A large area of mostly thin density aerosol which is believed to contain smoke covers a good portion of northern Mexico, the Southern and Southeastern US, and Mid-Atlantic coastal region. Southeast US: An area of dense smoke/aerosol over coastal Georgia and Florida was present as wildfires in that area continue to burn. Some larger wildfires are also contributing to this general area of smoke including ones in northern and western Mexico, eastern and southeastern Arizona, northwestern Texas, southeastern Georgia, northeastern Florida, and far northeastern North Carolina. Central/Eastern Canada/Great Lakes Region: A large region of moderately dense smoke can also be seen over Ontario and Quebec provinces and extends southward over much of the Great Lakes region. All of this smoke is from the numerous wildfires that continue to burn in northeastern Alberta and northern Saskatchewan. Western and Northwestern Canada: EARLIER TODAY... An area of light smoke covered much of Yukon and the Northwestern Territories and extended over northern Alberta and northwestern Saskatchewan. Some moderate smoke remains present over Northwest Territories. Late afternoon clouds have prevented further analysis of smoke transport and density this evening. Ramirez/JS 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