DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0145Z June 1, 2009

Gulf of Mexico:
Remnant smoke from the Mexican and Guatemala fires continues to be
observed across the southern Gulf of Mexico, mainly confined to an area
south of about 24N and west of 85W. The most dense smoke is located over
the Bay of Campeche.

Mid Atlantic Coast:
Remnant smoke was seen off the Mid Atlantic coast east of New Jersey
and the Delmarva and south of Long Island and Caper Cod. The smoke is
quite thin and is believed to be remnant from agricultural fires in the
northern Plains.

Florida:
Patches of light smoke were seen in the extreme northeast Gulf of Mexico
off the west coast of Florida north of Tampa Bay. It is believed that
this is remnant smoke from the Mexican/Guatemalan fires that has been
recirculated.

East and North Texas:
An uncertain aerosol was seen over much of north and east Texas slowly
drifting to the west-northwest. This may be a mixture of haze and
remnant smoke.

Southern Canada:
An extensive area of aerosol was observed across the southern tier of
Canada along the US border stretching from British Columbia across
Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. This has been detected for the
past several days. The source and type of aerosol is unknown, although
it may possibly have originated from east Asia.

Ruminski


THE FORMAT OF THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS BEING MODIFIED. IT WILL NO LONGER
DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS PLUMES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES. THESE
PLUMES ARE DEPICTED IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE:

JPEG:   http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/hms.html
GIS:    http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm
KML:    http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html

THIS TEXT PRODUCT WILL CONTINUE TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE
WHICH HAVE BECOME DETACHED FROM AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE
SOURCE FIRE, TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. IT WILL ALSO
STILL INCLUDE DESCRIPTIONS OF BLOWING DUST.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THESE CHANGES OR THE SMOKE TEXT
PRODUCT IN GENERAL SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov

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.