DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1545Z June 7, 2010
Alaska/Canada/Great Lakes: A large and elongated area of light smoke extends from northern Alaska and the central Northwest Territories southeast into the northern Plains and northern Great Lakes region. A moderate area of smoke exists near the area of wildfires burning near the central Canada and Alaska border. Another more elongated area of moderate smoke can be seen in a band near Great Bear Lake and to points southeast of that. Looking towards central/eastern Canada, a few additional areas of moderate smoke can be seen just east of Reindeer Lake in northwest Manitoba and near the Manitoba/Ontario border. The source for the large smoke plume continues to be persistent fire activity over northern Saskatchewan, the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Alaska. Western Gulf of Mexico/Gulf Coast: An area of mostly thin smoke covered the extreme western Gulf of Mexico and northeast Mexico this morning. The source for this smoke is believed to be the large number of agricultural fires that continue over Mexico and Central America. Further to north and east, a band of thin smoke and some aerosols can be observed along the Gulf Coast from Louisiana into the Florida peninsula. This has set up right along the frontal zone in that region. It is possible that some of this smoke and/or aerosols may be remnant smoke from the fire activity over Mexico/Central America over the past several days. Belge 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