Thursday, June 9, 2011

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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.