DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0500Z June 7, 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.*** Central Plains: A area of thin density smoke is seen in satellite imagery this morning across portions of Nebraska/Iowa border southeast over eastern Kansas/Missouri and Illinois. Area of smoke may have originated from wildfires in the southwest U.S. Texas/Louisiana: Remnant area of light smoke is seen stretched across western Louisiana and across southern Texas. Smoke is believed to be primarily from numerous wildfires burning across northern Mexico and may also have smoke mixed in from wildfires located across the southwest U.S. Mexico: Light density area of smoke covers portions of Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa states as a result of numerous wildfires burning across southern Chihuahua, Durango and Sinaloa. Canada: An expansive plume of light to moderate density smoke is visible in satellite imagery across the provinces of southern Nunavut, northern Manitoba and western Hudson Bay. Several wildfires burning across Saskatchewan and Manitoba have contributed to this area of smoke. 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