DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z June 14, 2011
Southwest US/Southern and Central Plains/Southeast US: Several large wildfires (e.g. Wallow, Horseshoe 2) continue to emit moderately dense to dense smoke that extends across New Mexico and into Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and southern Nebraska and into the Southeast US and off the coast from Virginia to Florida. An area of moderate smoke remains over Kansas and southern Nebraska and through Texas and New Mexico and into northern Mexico. Another area of moderate to dense smoke is situated across central Florida and is being caught up in a low that is sitting just off of the Georgia coast. This smoke is mostly from fires in southern Georgia and northern Florida. Central/Eastern Canada/Great Lakes Region: A large region of moderately dense smoke can also be seen over Ontario, Quebec and Newfoundland provinces and extends southward into the Great Lakes region. All of this smoke is from the numerous wildfires that continue to burn in northeastern Alberta and northern Saskatchewan. Liddick 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