DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z June 14, 2010
Northern Plains/Northern/Central Canada: A massive amount of remnant smoke was observed this evening from numerous large wildfires that have been burning for several days over northern and central Saskatchewan and southeast Northwest Territory. The smoke covered eastern Saskatchewan, all of Manitoba much of northwest Ontario extending across James Bay, southeast Northwest Territory and southern Nunavut in Canada and North Dakota and northwest Minnesota in the US. Moderately dense smoke was dropping into the border area of Minnesota and North Dakota and extended across Lake Winnipeg and then arced to the northeast across southern Hudson Bay. Areas of very dense smoke were associated with the active fires between Reindeer Lake and Lake Athabasca. Eastern Canada: Moderately dense to dense smoke from several active wildfires in central Quebec east of James Bay was moving quickly to the east southeast and had nearly reached the western edge of the Gulf of St Lawrence by sunset. An area of light remnant smoke from these fires was moving east across the open waters of the Gulf of St Lawrence. Alaska: Remnant smoke over Alaska was mainly confined to the vicinity of the Brooks Range and the North Slope. The smoke was mainly light with patches of moderately dense smoke. A small area of remnant smoke has been drawn south into the northeast Gulf of Alaska by a cyclonic circulation that is moving inland over southeast Alaska. Southeast US: An area of aerosol was observed over the northeast Gulf of Mexico extending to the northeast across northern Florida and coastal Georgia and South Carolina and into the Atlantic. While there may some remnant smoke in this aerosol it is likely a mix of other aerosols. Pacific Northwest: An area of aerosol was seen moving inland over northern California, much of Oregon and Washington and into northern Idaho ahead of a frontal system. The source and composition of this aerosol is uncertain, however an aerosol model suggests this may be long range transport of blowing dust from Asia. Ruminski 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