Tuesday, June 14, 2011

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.


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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.