DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1745Z June 11, 2013
SMOKE Canada: Several large wildfires continue to burn this morning across central and eastern Quebec from James Bay to the border with Labrador. These fires have produced large areas of remnant light to moderately dense smoke, the full extent of which is not readily determined due to the far northern extent into northern Hudson Bay. There are two main areas of smoke. The first area extends from extreme northern Quebec southward through central Quebec and then eastward towards Newfoundland. The second area is further to the west through portions of southern Nunavut and northern Manitoba. That area in particular is associated with the numerous fires that were burning yesterday and last night through northern Manitoba and western Ontario. Both of these regions of smoke seem to be rotating around a ridge of High pressure that is centered over the Hudson Bay. New Mexico/Colorado/OK and TX Panhandles/western Kansas: Wildfires that are continuing to burn through northern New Mexico (Thompson Ridge and Tres Lagunas fires) and through southern New Mexico (Silver fire) are generating a large area of light to moderately dense smoke which covers most of New Mexico and eastern Colorado and then eastward into the southern/central Plains. Idaho: An area of light, remnant smoke can be seen moving northward through central Idaho this morning. This is believed to be from a fire that was burning last night in central Nevada along the Lander/Eureka county border. UNKNOWN AEROSOL Yukon/Northwest Territories: An aerosol can be seen through eastern Yukon and western Northwest Territories this morning and early afternoon. This is the same aerosol that has been seen the past few days in the region and it believed to be possible high level dust or smoke transported from Asia. -Belge 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