DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1441Z June 16, 2013
Smoke: Central US Great Plains: Thin to moderate smoke from fire emissions 2 days ago in CO and E UT has remained relatively stationary and now covers nearly all of NE with a bit into the southern Black Hills of SD. Newfoundland to Mid-Atlantic US: Thin smoke behind the cold front covers the Atlantic Ocean from the coast of NJ/DE eastward to around 57W where it turns north and covers the eastern portion of Newfoundland and increases in density to very dense just north of Cape Race. Western NW Territories: Thin to moderate smoke from the AK fires and isolated fires along the Yukon and McKenzie River Valleys cover much of SW portion of the NW Territories. It is very likely additional mid-level smoke covers the Yukon Territory, Central NW Territories and N Alberta, but extensive cloud cover obscures detection at this time. Gallina 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