DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z May 16, 2011
Alberta/Saskatchewan/Northwest Territory/Eastern British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario: Wildfires continue to burn over portions of central to northeast Alberta and western Saskatchewan this morning/afternoon. Large plumes of moderately dense to very dense smoke are seen moving north across northern/central Alberta and into sections of southern Northwest Territory. Light smoke spreads across the border into eastern British Columbia. Moderately dense to dense residual smoke from these wildfires is pushing south from under the clouds across northern Ontario/Hudson Bay region and spreading over portions of southern/central Manitoba and Ontario. A majority of the moderately dense to dense smoke stretches across central Ontario just south of Hudson Bay. Light smokes mostly spreads into parts of central/southern Manitoba, southern Ontario and could be reaching the northern US, but is too light to confirm. Kibler 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