DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z June 10, 2011
Southwest/Central/Eastern U.S.: An expansive area of smoke remains over the eastern two thirds of the contiguous U.S. this evening largely from the two large wildfires in eastern Arizona (Wallow and Horseshoe 2) and from wildfires in southeast Colorado. The thickest smoke over the U.S. stretched from eastern Arizona to the Oklahoma/Texas panhandles and southwest Kansas with another large area stretching from southern Texas to Illinois/Indiana. The remnant smoke reaches as far as the coast of Maine and Nova Scotia. Smoke is also observed moving westward across the eastern Gulf of Mexico from several large wildfires in southeast Georgia and Florida. Northern Mexico: Thin to moderate density smoke is seen over much of northern Mexico this evening from numerous wildfires. Southwest/South Central Canada: Dense smoke continues to be emitted by the wildfires burning in northeast Alberta and northwest Saskatchewan. Smoke from these fires reaches eastward across parts of Hudson Bay and south across Manitoba/Saskatchewan/Alberta/southeast British Columbia. Northwest Canada/Alaska: Localized areas of thin to moderately dense remnant smoke are present across parts of the south central Yukon Territory this evening. Heavy clouds have prevented the additional detection of smoke in Alaska. Ramirez/Simko/Sheffler 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