Tuesday, May 27, 2008

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z May 27, 2008

Canada/Montana/Northern North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin and the
Gulf of Alaska:
A large area of light to moderately dense smoke stretches across a large
portion of southern Yukon and southwestern Northwest Territories into
northeast British Columbia and most of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba
and western Ontario. The smoke also reaches parts of northeast North
Dakota and northern Minnesota and Wisconsin.  The thickest smoke extends
across southern Alberta into southern Manitoba.  The source of the smoke
is most likely from the eastern Russia fires.
An area of very light smoke from these fires also is moving southeast
across the Gulf of Alaska and is nearing the western Canadian coast.

Southeast US:
An area of haze possibly mixed with light smoke from the fires burning
across Mexico is stretching across sections  of central Georgia and
South Carolina, central and eastern North Carolina and moving north into
southeast Virginia.

Texas:
In the western region, light smoke from fires in Mexico has drifted
northward into the state.

J Kibler






 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.