DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z June 06, 2011
Continental U.S. Most of the eastern two thirds of the CONUS is under light to moderate smoke mixed with haze, excluding the relatively smoke-free Northeast (Pennsylvania and northward into New England). The smoke also extends well offshore into the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. Much of the smoke originates from the Wallow and Horseshoe fires in Arizona but in the Great Lakes states there is likely a component from former Alaskan/Canadian fires and in the southeast, there might be a component from agricultural burns in the U.S. or Mexico. In contrast to this light to moderate smoke, there is heavy smoke over Colorado, eastern Arizona and western New Mexico from the Wallow and Horseshoe 2 fires. Alaska/Canada: A 350 km wide swath of mostly light smoke extends from the Pacific across central Alaska into the northern Yukon, Northwest Territories, and then southward to the southern part of the Hudson Bay. The smoke originates from current and previous days Alaskan and Canadian fires. Northern Mexico Areas of light smoke as well as isolated smoke plumes can be seen in northern Mexico from agricultural burning. Streett 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