DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z June 2, 2010
Alaska/Northern Canada: Moderately dense to extremely dense smoke from numerous wildfires over Alaska and the Yukon Territory stretched from central and northern Alaska and the northern Yukon Territory into the Northwest Territories and western Nunavut. Moderate smoke has begun moving into northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba provinces. Light smoke extends over Alberta and into southern Manitoba provinces. Western Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche: Light residual smoke from fires in central America stretched northward from the Bay of Campeche into the western Gulf of Mexico. Southeastern New England and Quebec: While cloud cover did hinder smoke detection over much of New England, smoke continued to be produced by the Quebec fires and just extended into the northern New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York borders. Liddick 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.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/land/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