Saturday, June 5, 2010

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z June 5, 2010

Alaska/Canada:
A long area of light to moderately dense smoke, as a result of
significant fires scattered primarily across northwestern Canada and
Alaska, was observed this morning extending from east-central Alaska
eastward across the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and the western
and central portion of the Nunavut Territory of Canada. Smoke continued
eastward and southeastward across much of central Canada to southeastern
Canada into Ontario.

New Mexico/Western Texas:
A batch of light to moderately dense smoke was visible this morning moving
to the south, into far western Texas, from several fires detected over
south-central New Mexico.

Southern Plains/Gulf of Mexico:
Smoke from the ongoing seasonal fires burning in Mexico and Central
America was present over the Bay of Campeche and the western part of the
Gulf. Some of this light smoke continued northward into eastern Texas
and central Oklahoma.


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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


 


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.