DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z June 10, 2012
Central and South Central US/Great Lakes/Northeast US: An extensive area of remnant smoke stretched from extreme northeastern Mexico/south Texas northeastward to Minnesota/Wisconsin/Lake Michigan before becoming broken across the Great Lakes. Remnant smoke also existed from eastern Ontario/southwest Quebec southeast across New York/east Pennsylvania/New Jersey and off the coast. This remnant smoke is mostly from large fires burning in several western states, including Colorado/New Mexico and Arizona, as well as from large fires in northwest Mexico. The smoke was most dense across north Texas/central Oklahoma/central Kansas. Colorado/northwest Kansas/southwest Nebraska/north New Mexico: Moderately dense remnant smoke from the High Park fire in northern Colorado had spread eastward across southwest Nebraska/northeast Colorado. Thin smoke also extended across northwest Kansas. In addition, blowing dust plumes were seen in eastern Colorado and over northwest New Mexico. Elevated dust particles may have been the aerosol seen moving from Utah into western Colorado this morning. East Gulf of Mexico: An unknown aerosol could be seen moving from east to west across the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Its origin is not known. Northwest Canada/Alaska: Two areas of remnant thin smoke were seen over portions of north Alberta/north Saskatchewan/Northwest Territories/north British Columbia/Yukon Territory and east Alaska. These are thought to be mostly from fires in northern Alberta. In addition, unknown aerosol was seen across northern Northwest Territories and over part of the Beaufort Sea. 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