DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z May 31, 2011
Western Canada/Alaska: Dense smoke continues to spread mainly to the south and west from the large wildfires in northeastern Alberta Province. Smoke originating in Alberta is reaching areas of central British Columbia. Additional remnant smoke smoke from wildfires in Alaska is moving to the east and south and into Yukon Province and British Columbia. Smoke was also viewed along the British Columbia coast moving southward over the Pacific Ocean. A larger batch of moderately dense smoke from several of these fires is located over eastern and southeastern Alaska. New Mexico/Arizona: Smoke from the Wallow Fire in Arizona was viewed on satellite imagery this morning moving to the north and spreading into parts of central New Mexico and northeastern Arizona. East Coast: A broad area of thin smoke could be seen from the Mid-Atlantic coast to northern Florida. The smoke is rotating around an area of low pressure in the Atlantic Ocean. Smoke from the Pains Bay wildfire in NC is also a point source for this smoke. Haze may be a factor as well, given the hot and humid conditions along the East Coast. Myrga THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE..TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE FIRE 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 ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov