DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z May 24, 2014
South Florida: Light to moderately dense smoke continues to be emitted from a fire burning in Palm Beach County. The smoke plume is moving to the west. Quebec/Ontario/Ohio: A ribbon of upper level aerosols is spreading to the south into parts of western Quebec, eastern Ontario and northeastern Ohio. The aerosols are possibly long transport dust from Asia or long transport smoke from Alaska. Northeastern Canada: An expansive area of light density smoke is moving southeast over the Great Bear Lake and into northern Alberta. The smoke most likely originated from the Funny River fire located in southern Alaska. Alaska: The Funny River fire continues to burn in southern Alaska near Soldotna on the Kenai peninsula, emitting a large amount of smoke. Light smoke is seen extending across much of the northern Gulf of Alaska, moderate density smoke is seen closer to the Alaskan coastline, and the heaviest density smoke is located very close to the fire, spreading eastward. -Heeps Earlier: South Florida: A fire burning in southwest Palm Beach county is emitting light to moderately dense smoke that is fanning E-SE across southern parts of Palm Beach and parts of northern Broward counties. Southeast US/Atlantic Ocean An area of haziness (most likely aerosols) is spreading east from South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and into the Atlantic can be seen in early afternoon GOES-13 imagery. Arizona: The Slide wilfdire near Flagstaff continues to burn today and is emitting a plume of light to moderate density smoke that is moving to the north over northwest Arizona. Cloud cover farther northwest of the viewed smoke is blocking the full extent of the smoke coverage. Alaska: A large amount of light to moderately dense smoke from the Funny River fire near Soldotna on the Kenai peninsula was seen over the northern Gulf of Alaska and parts of southern Alaska just northeast of the wildfire in/around Anchorage. The heaviest smoke is near the fire source, but some is spreading south into the Gulf of Alaska and near Anchorage.. A separate area of mixed light density dust/smoke is seen moving over western/central and southwest Alaska along the north and west side of the Alaska Range. J Kibler 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.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/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