DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0332Z June 11, 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 evening. The remnant smoke is mostly from the large Wallow Wildfire in eastern Arizona, the Pains Bay fire over eastern North Carolina 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 extending from the Wallow Wildfire northeast through the Central Plains towards the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic States. Additionally, an area of moderately dense smoke was extending from near the Pains Bay wildfire in eastern North Carolina northeast towards the Delmarva and further offshore. Very dense smoke was evident near the Wallow Wildfire and Horshoe 2 Wildfires over southeastern Arizona and extending into western New Mexico. Central Canada: An area of moderately dense smoke can be seen extending from near the wildfires over northeastern Alberta towards central Hudson Bay and the northern portions of Quebec. Widespread cloud cover over this region made smoke detection rather difficult this evening. Northern Plains and South Central Canada: An area of light smoke was analyzed over the northern Plains and portions of South Central Canada. It is believed the source for the northern portion of this smoke is the wildfires over northeastern Alberta while the southern portion was likely from the Wallow Wildfire over Arizona. Additionally, it is possible that some Asian dust has mixed in with the smoke. Hanna 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