DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1615Z June 3, 2009
South Central Canada to North Central US: A large area of aerosol of unknown origin and composition was still observed early this morning in visible imagery. The aerosol extended from Saskatchewan eastward to southern Ontario Province, northern Montana, North Dakota, northern Minnesota, northern Wisconsin and Northern Michigan. 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. Hanna 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