DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1715Z June 04, 2011
Eastern US/Southeastern US/Ohio Valley: Very large area of light smoke covers the eastern portion of the US from the mid-Atlantic to the Ohio Valley and westward to central Kansas and western Oklahoma where a stationary surface front is currently situated. An area of medium dense smoke it situated from western/southern Kentucky and southward into the northern Gulf of Mexico. The smoke is likely a mix of remnant smoke from various fires in North Carolina, Florida, and Georgia. Southwest and Central Plains: Large area of light to heavy dense smoke extends along the stationary front from the Wallow and Horseshoe wildfires in eastern Arizona northeastward into Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. The densest smoke is located over Nebraska, Colorado, and Kansas. Alaska/Northwest Canada: Area of light to moderate smoke remains over the Yukon and Northwest Territories as well as eastern Alaska from various fires in northwest Canada and Alaska. -Liddick 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