DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0600Z June 27, 2013
Southwestern/South Central US to the Midwest: A large amount of smoke stretched from Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico, where several very large wildfires are burning, eastward across the southern US as far at Tennessee and northern Georgia and also northward across the Central Plains/Midwest to as far north as Wisconsin/Minnesota. Most of this smoke is from wildfires in the Southwest that were producing moderately dense to dense smoke across parts of New Mexico/Colorado/northwest Texas. A large amount of agricultural burning also ongoing along the lower Mississippi River Valley is also responsible for some of the smoke that is further east/northeast. East Coast: Thin remnant smoke could be seen spread along the East Coast of the US this evening from South Carolina to Massachusetts. The exact origin of this smoke is unknown and could be the result of multiple sources, including wildfires in the Southwestern US, ag burning in the lower Mississippi River Valley and/or in the Carolinas, and possibly even smoke from wildfires in Canada. Texas/Western Gulf: Elevated dust could again be seen tonight moving westward across southern/eastern Texas and the western Gulf of Mexico. The dust was beginning to mix with large amounts of remnant smoke over central Texas. Nevada to western Wyoming: A large area of blowing dust was seen in evening satellite imagery frmo northern Nevada northeastward to western Wyoming. The dust was seen from about 21z until darkness around 03z. Alaska/Canada: Extensive amounts of moderately dense to dense smoke could be seen across most of Alaska and far northwest/north central Canada this evening. Numerous wildfires burning in Alaska recently and increasing numbers of wildfires in the Yukon/Northwest Territories, northern Manitoba, and Quebec are responsible for the large amount of smoke that is seen across the Arctic/sub-Arctic regions of North America. Sheffler 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