Sunday, June 26, 2011

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1830Z June 26, 2011

Ontario/Southern Hudson Bay/Western Quebec/Great Lakes Region:
Remnant thin to moderately dense smoke was visible this morning spreading
eastward across the eastern half of Ontario, southern Hudson Bay, and
western Quebec. Remnant smoke was also moving southward across the upper
Great Lakes before wrapping westward across Michigan, northern Indiana,
northern Illinois, and Wisconsin. This smoke is mostly from a pair of
wildfires in western Ontario with the bulk of the smoke coming from the
larger fires northwest of Lake Nipigon.

Northwestern and Western and South Central Canada/North Alaska/Northwest
US:
In addition to the wildfires in northern Alberta and northwest
Saskatchewan, numerous wildfires have started to burn across the Northwest
Territories over the last two days. Smoke from all of these wildfires can
be seen over Arctic ice in the Beaufort Sea and northeast Alaska southeast
across northwest Canada. Moderately dense to dense smoke then stretches
southward from the fires in north Alberta, northwest Saskatchewan, and
southeast Northwest Territories to eastern British Columbia and central
Alberta. Patches of smoke can then be seen south of a bank of clouds
where it wraps across southern British Columbia, northern Idaho, northwest
Montana, southeast Alberta, south Saskatchewan, and into central Manitoba.

Southeast US:
Thin to moderately dense smoke is present along the coast of the southeast
US from northeast Florida to North Carolina. New smoke was being added
this morning by the Juniper Road fire in eastern North Carolina. Smoke
was also seen from a wildfire along the coast of southern Alabama that
was drifting northward across the southern part of the state.

Central and Southern Plains/Northwest Mexico:
Remnant smoke over New Mexico, north Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri,
and Arkansas was moving to the east and southeast this morning. Most
of this smoke is believed to be from fires in Arizona, New Mexico,
and northwest Texas although  the fires in Mexico may have also
contributed. Remnant smoke from the Mexican fires could be seen moving
west and northwest over the country  this morning. An additional area
of thin smoke was seen over southern Texas that could be from the oil
rigs in the Gulf of Campeche.


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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.