DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z May 26, 2015
SMOKE Western Canada/Central Canada/US: A large area of light to moderately dense smoke from the numerous wildfires burning over parts of western Canada extends across Yukon, western Northwest Territories, northern/central British Columbia, most of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and western Quebec. The smoke spills over the border into the northern Plains in North/South Dakota and Montana. Moderate and dense patches of smoke were embedded into parts of southern Yukon Territories, northern/eastern British Columbia and across a large section of central Alberta, central and southern Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario and into western Quebec. It should be noted that there is considerable cloud cover over much of the smoke/fire area which is hindering smoke detection and accurate smoke boundaries. OTHER AEROSOL: Alaska: A fairly broad area of aerosol was seen extending mostly in a north/south direction from the eastern Gulf of Alaska east toward the western Alaska coast. The appearance of this aerosol most closely matches dust transported from Asia in the NASA aerosol model. Some smoke may be mixed in with the dust. 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