DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z June 10, 2011
Central/Eastern U.S./Gulf of Mexico: A very large and expansive area of smoke can be seen over the eastern two thirds of the contiguous U.S. this morning and early afternoon. The remnant smoke is mostly from the large Wallow Wildfire in eastern Arizona as well as other smaller fires in the southwest U.S. and northern Mexico. The smoke expands all the way off the eastern seaboard and southward to the Gulf coast. A more moderately dense band of smoke can be seen moving eastward through central Kentucky, Tennessee and southward into Louisiana. Another heavy area of smoke can be seen further west closer to the source points from northern Mexico into western Texas and then into eastern New Mexico/Colorado and western portions of Oklahoma and Kansas. Heavier smoke can be seen closer to the Wallow Fire. Additionally, an area of heavier smoke was observed along the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle. This is most likely remnant smoke from the fires in southern Florida and southern Georgia. South/Central Canada: An area of mostly light smoke with some embedded moderate smoke can be seen stretching from southern Alberta/northern Montana eastward into northern Ontario. Due to the presence of numerous clouds over the area, all of the remnant smoke from the continued wildfires in northern Alberta can not be seen. Belge 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