DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z June 1, 2015
SMOKE Western/Central Canada/Northern U.S: An expansive area of light to moderate density smoke is observed across much of western Canada from the Yukon and Northwest Territories towards the southeast across eastern British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, western Ontario and portions of Hudson Bay, and as far south as Montana and North Dakota. An embedded patch of heavy density smoke remains closest to the wildfires over northern Alberta, northern Saskatchewan, and southern Northwest Territories. This large area of smoke is from wildfires occurring in northern Alberta, northern British Columbia, Northwest Territories, and the Yukon Territory. Heeps 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