DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z June 3, 2009
Southwestern to South Central Canada/Northwestern to North Central US: A very large area of aerosol of unknown origin and composition was still observed early this evening in visible imagery with the favorable lower sun angle just prior to sunset. The aerosol extended all the way from British Columbia Province eastward 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, west central Yukon Province in northwestern Canada, and southwestern British Columbia Province in southwestern Canada may be contributing to the aerosol. For additional graphical information on the large smoke plumes emanating from these fires as well as new large plumes originating from fires burning in southwestern Alberta Province, please refer to the links below. 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