DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0315Z June 04, 2011
Southern US and Middle Mississippi Valley/Ohio Valley: A large area of light to moderately dense smoke, likely originating from the Wallow and Horseshoe 2 wildfires in Arizona, can be seen circulating over the majority of the southern US due to a high pressure system. In addition to the probable point source in Arizona, there is an smoke contribution from agricultural burns in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The heaviest smoke was visible this evening over southern Illinois/Indiana southward through western Tennessee. Carolina Coast/Atlantic Ocean/Gulf of Mexico/Southeast US: Smoke is stalled along a frontal boundary that is extending from Georgia eastward to the Atlantic Ocean. Remnant smoke from the Pains Bay fire in North Carolina, the wildfire in Flagler County, FL, and the Durfee fire in the Okefenokee Swamp, GA are also contributors to the large area of light smoke present in the southeast. This smoke is also becoming wrapped in the high pressure circulation. Arizona: The Wallow and Horseshoe 2 wildfires both continue to emit large amounts of dense smoke. The smoke is moving to the northeast and appears to have traveled into the central and southern US. Baffin Bay/Quebec: An area of aerosol believed to be remnant smoke from the fires in Alberta is moving across Baffin Bay toward Greenland. This aerosol also extends as a thin line through northern Quebec. Alaska and Northwestern Canada: Light smoke continues to extend from northeastern Alaska, along the Yukon/Northwest Territories border. A fire in central Yukon is also contributing smoke in the region. -Myrga/Ramirez 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