DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z June 11 2016
SMOKE: Central and Southern Plains to the Southwest: A large area of remnant smoke covered the Central and Southern Plains extending southwest to New Mexico, Arizona, southwest Colorado and southeast Utah. The source region for this smoke appeared to be fire activity over Arizona and also over Southern and Central Plains. California: A large area of thin to localized moderate density smoke extended from a fire over portions of northwest California south along coastal northwest California to offshore the central California coast. Southern Ontario to the Northern Plains: A thin area of smoke extended from southern Ontario towards the Northern Plains. This appeared to be from fire activity in northern Alberta over the past few days near the Fort McMurray region. Central Canada: A large area of thin smoke extended portions of northwest Ontario through northern Manitoba, northern Saskatchewan towards the Northwest Territories. The source region for this smoke was fire activity in northern Alberta near the Fort McMurray region. Alaska: An area of thin smoke extended from the northern Yukon through northern Alaska. This appeared to be from fire activity over western portions of Alaska. Hanna 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