Friday, June 11, 2010

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z June 12, 2010

Alaska/Northwestern Canada:
Areas of dense smoke continue to be associated with wildfires in the
northern Yukon Territory and in eastern Alaska. This smoke is generally
drifting to the north, but also to the east. A broader area of light
to moderately dense smoke covered much of central, north central and
northeast Alaska and northern Yukon and a portion of the northwest
Northwest Territory.

Central Canada:
Numerous fires producing very dense smoke over Northwest Territories and
northern Saskatchewan provinces.  Smoke extending to the northeast with
each of these fires.

Northwest US:
Light area of remnant smoke now extends into Idaho and Montana this
evening.

Eastern Canada:
Fires in central Quebec were seen producing light to dense moving
southeast smoke once the clouds moved away.

Mid-Atlantic/Southeast US:
An area of aerosol was seen extending to the east cast of Georgia and the
Carolinas as the sun set this evening.  The composition of this aerosol
is not known with certainty but it is likely a mix of remnant smoke from
fires across the Southeast and possibly Central America and pollution,
dust, sulfates, and other aerosols.

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


 


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.