DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z June 12, 2012
Northeast US: A thin ribbon of remnant smoke stretches from central New York through New Jersey and continues southeast over the Atlantic Ocean. Central US: A large area of light to moderately dense remnant smoke remains over the Central US stretching from the panhandle of Texas, through Oklahoma into Arkansas and Missouri. This smoke likely extends further east but the full extent is obscured by weather clouds. Gulf of Mexico: Light to moderately dense smoke covers the entire west half of the Gulf and extends into southeastern Texas and southern Louisiana. Colorado: The High Park Fire in Colorado continues to generate large amounts of dense smoke which extend north and east. New Mexico: Moderately dense to dense smoke from the Little Bear fire is moving northeast into northern Texas. Canada: Several large fires throughout Quebec are producing moderately dense to dense smoke which is moving to the northeast. -Salemi 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