DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1445Z June 2, 2013
***PLEASE NOTE: GOES-13 has been replaced with GOES-14. GOES-14 is centered at 00N105W which is 30 degrees further west than GOES-13. This position has an impact on the ability to detect smoke, particularly light smoke in the evening, compared to GOES-13. It is possible that areas of light smoke that would be detected previously are now not discernible.*** Southern California/Southern Nevada/Western Arizona: An area of remnant thin to heavy dense smoke from the Powerhouse fire, burning north of Los Angelos, was seen swirling across portions of southern California and spreading eastward over southern Nevada/western Arizona this morning. The area of moderate to heavy dense smoke is remaining relatively stationary north and east of the Powerhouse fire location. Northern Texas/Southwest Oklahoma: Remnant thin smoke is seen this morning tracking south-southeast across northern Texas and southwestern Oklahoma. A small embedded area of moderately dense smoke was observed just south of the Texas panhandle. Smoke is from two large wildfires (Thompson Ridge and Tres Lagunas), that continue to burning this morning located in north-central New Mexico. Northern Mexico: Area of smoke is seen lifting northward across Sonora/Chihuahua/Sinaioa/Durango northern Mexican states associated from numerous wildfires located across southwestern Chihuahua. Atlantic Seaboard: An area of mixed aerosols with some smoke possibly mixed in has essentially all moved offshore and over the Atlantic. The western and southwestern edge of this plume stretches from just offshore of the Delmarva peninsula and northeastern North Carolina across Cape Cod and over the Gulf of Maine. Smoke that is mixed in with other unknown aerosols is believed to be from fires across the southeastern U.S. Alaska/Yukon: Thin density remnant smoke from a wildfire located in eastern Alaska is seen in visible satellite imagery this morning. The area of smoke is located across eastern Alaska and is moving east toward west-central Yukon. Additionally, a thin and elongated plume of unknown aerosols is seen lifting north-northeast from northeastern Alaska/northern Yukon/western Northwest Territories. Warren THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF 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