Wednesday, June 1, 2011

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z June 01, 2011

Atlantic Ocean/Mid-Atlantic States/New England States:
Remnant, light smoke from fires in the US, Canada and Mexico continues
to get pushed eastward off of the East Coast by a frontal boundary and
into the Atlantic Ocean.  Hazy conditions are also prevalent in this
region due to the hot and humid weather pattern.  The smoke/haze mixture
extends southward along the East Coast from Massachusetts; however, the
heaviest concentrations are near New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts.

Canada:
The large wildfire in Alberta, approximately 65 km north of Fort McMurray,
continues to emit moderately dense to dense smoke.  The dense smoke
moved north/north-east from the point source and entered Saskatchewan.
Moderately dense and light smoke is also moving to the west and into
central British Columbia.  Most of northern Alberta is under a blanket
of smoke from this fire.

Alaska:
Wildfires continue to burn in Alaska; however, cloud cover made smoke
detection difficult this morning.

Gulf of Mexico:
Remnant smoke from wildfires across the southeastern United States is
located in the northern Gulf of Mexico.  Motion of this remnant smoke
is to the west this morning.

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

 


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.