DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1615Z June 05, 2011
Eastern US/Southeastern US: Very large area of light to moderate smoke covers much of the mid-Atlantic and southeast US as well as Texas and extends about 250 miles off the coast into the northern Gulf of Mexico. The smoke is likely a mix of remnant smoke from various fires in North Carolina, Florida, and Georgia as well as smoke from the Wallow and Horseshoe fires in Arizona. Southwest and Central Plains: Large area of light to heavy smoke covers northeastern Arizona and northern New Mexico and then extends across Colorado and into Kansas and Iowa. Densest smoke is near the sources at the Wallow and Horseshoe fires but also extends through Colorado and Nebraska and New Mexico. Northern Plains/Great Lakes: Area of light smoke seen from southern Saskatchewan Province across North Dakota and into the Great Lakes region. Smoke is likely remnant from the wildfires in Arizona. Alaska/Canada: The area of light smoke stretching from western Alaska across the northern Yukon and Northwest territories and through Alberta/Saskatchewan and into northern Ontario. Smoke is likely remnant from fires in Alaska and northeast Alberta. 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