DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1545Z June 2, 2009
Southwestern to South Central Canada/Northwestern to North Central US: A very large area of aerosol of unknown origin and composition was observed this morning in GOES-West visible imagery with the favorable lower sun angle just after sunrise. The aerosol extended all the way from Yukon and British Columbia provinces southeastward to southern Manitoba Province, northern Montana, North Dakota, and northern Minnesota. It is possible that some detached smoke from larger fires burning in southeastern Alaska near Northway, west central Yukon Province in northwestern Canada, and southwestern British Columbia Province in southwestern Canada may be contributing to the aerosol. Southwestern US: A narrow band of aerosol of unknown origin and composition stretched from northwestern Nevada to southeastern Arizona. The band was moving to the northeast. Central US/South Central/Southeastern US: Visible imagery showed hazy conditions across a large area of the Central, South Central, and Southeastern US. The National Weather Service Smoke Forecasts indicate that some of the area from Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana to Missouri and southern Illinois may contain some remnant smoke from yesterday's fires burning in the South Central and Southeast.... http://www.nws.noaa.gov/aq/sectors/conus.php JS 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