DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z June 3, 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/Northern Arizona/Southern Utah: An area of remnant thin to heavy dense smoke from the Powerhouse fire, burning north of Los Angelos, continued to swirl across portions of southern California and spreading northeastward over southern Nevada/northern Arizona/southern Utah this evening. Smoke is moderate to heavy in density across much of southern California and southern Utah. Central Texas: A ribbon of thin density smoke was seen this evening tracking south/southeast across central Texas. Smoke is likely from two large wildfires (Thompson Ridge and Tres Lagunas) that continue to burning today, however clouds obscured the view of additionally smoke that may have been produced. Saskatchewan/Manitoba: Remnant smoke from wildfires burning in Saskatchewan was seen in visible satellite imagery this morning moving northeastward and swirling in the vicinity of Reindeer lake. Fires continued to burn throughout the day, emitting light to heavy density smoke that has spread west/northwest this evening. LP 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