DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z June 30, 2011
New Mexico/Central and Southern Plains: A broad area of moderate to dense smoke primarily from two wildfires burning in New Mexico was seen stretching over much of central and eastern New Mexico into southeast Colorado, the Texas Panhandle, and all of Oklahoma. Two areas of detached moderate density smoke are observed across the Red River near the Texas/Oklahoma border and another near Big Bend. US Mid-Atlantic Coast/Offshore: The Juniper Road wildfire in Pender county in southeast North Carolina continued to emit moderate to locally dense smoke this evening. Remnant light density smoke is seen as far north as the North Carolina/Virginia border and then stretches offshore over the western Atlantic. Extensive cloudiness has inhibited further detection of smoke boundaries. Northwest Mexico: An area of very thin remnant smoke was seen over northwest Mexico and covering much of the Gulf of California. This is smoke from the numerous fires in Chihuahua and Durango that have been burning for weeks. Ontario: An elongated area of light smoke is observed stretching from northwest Ontario into south central Ontario (just north of the eastern end of Lake Superior) moving SSE this evening. This remnant smoke is primarily from fires in northwest Ontario but the Lake Athabasca vicinity wildfires are likely contributing, too. Northern Canada: Numerous wildfires continue to burn around Lake Athabasca in northern Alberta/northern Saskatchewan/southern Northwest Territories. An extensive area of smoke extends mainly to the east and northeast across far northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, eastern Northwest Territories, southern Nunavut and all of northern Hudson Bay. An area of moderate density smoke embedded within this thin density smoke is observed over eastern Hudson Bay moving south towards James Bay. Alaska: An elongated area of thin density remnant smoke from Canadian wildfires has been recirculated in the polar region and carried south into northeast Alaska, northern Yukon Territory, and northwest Northern Territories. Ramirez 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