DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1715Z June 16, 2011
Southwest US/Texas/northern Mexico: Several large wildfires (e.g. Wallow, Horseshoe 2) continue to emit moderately dense to dense smoke that extends across central New Mexico and into western Texas, western Oklahoma, southwestern Kansas and southeastern Colorado. This large area of remnant smoke is generally moving to the east. The wildfires in northern Mexico continued to burn during the overnight hours and emitted smoke which moved in the direct of the United States. Montana: A thin ribbon of aerosol, which is believed to be remnant smoke from the Alberta wildfires, moved eastward across portions of north-central Montana this morning. It is believed the smoke circulated around an area of low pressure which is parked over central Alberta and this circulation allowed it to enter the United States. The remnant smoke was seen along a frontal boundary this morning over Hill, Chouteau, and Cascade Counties, all in Montana. This area encompasses the city of Great Falls as well. Cloud cover made additional smoke detection in this area difficult. Southeast US/Florida/Georgia: A broad area of moderately dense smoke continues to be present over the northeast Gulf of Mexico and the western Atlantic Ocean. The origins of this smoke include the Honey Prairie wildfire in the Okefenokee swamp and several other fires in Florida and Georgia. The Sweat Farm Again wildfire in Ware County, Georgia is contributing heavy smoke this morning. At the time of this report, smoke from these fires began to shift and move in the direct of the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Myrga 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