DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1715Z June 11, 2011
Central/Eastern U.S./Gulf of Mexico: Another day of remnant smoke encompassing the eastern two thirds of the U.S. with smoke stretching from New Mexico/Colorado into the Gulf of Mexico and the off the Mid-Atlantic coast. Moderately dense smoke exists through most of New Mexico, Colorado, the Southern Plains and into the mid-Mississippi Valley. Embedded heavy smoke can be seen emanating from the Wallow Fire (which remains the main source for the large area of remnant smoke) through extreme eastern Arizona/New Mexico and central/eastern Colorado. A moderately dense band of smoke can be seen along the Gulf coast and the lower-Mississippi Valley. This is all moving westward and is from the wildfires currently burning in northern Florida and southern Georgia. Additionally, the wildfire that has persisted in southern Florida continues to pump out heavy smoke and a moderately dense band of detached smoke can be seen moving westward over the eastern Gulf of Mexico. The wildfire that has remained over the Cape Hatteras region for several days now is also adding to an area of moderately dense smoke through the Mid-Atlantic and off the coast this morning and early afternoon. Central/Eastern Canada: A large area of mostly light with some embedded bands of moderately dense smoke can be seen stretching from western Saskatchewan through northern Ontario, Hudson Bay and off the eastern coast of Canada. This is from the numerous fires that are continuing to burn through northern Alberta and western Saskatchewan. 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