DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z June 17, 2011
Arizona/New Mexico/Northern Mexico: The Wallow and Horseshoe 2 wildfires in Arizona continue to emit smoke, but with a considerably smaller extent of moderate to dense smoke. Light density remnant smoke was visible as far north and east as Missouri this evening. These and several more wildfires in northern Mexico are contributing to a broad area of thin density smoke stretching northeast across Texas and into Oklahoma. Southeast US/Florida/Georgia: An area of dense smoke originating from the Honey Prairie fire in southern Georgia's Okefenokee swamp stretches east over the western Atlantic and curves south off the coast of eastern Florida. Several other fires in northeast and southern Florida have produced small areas of light to moderately dense smoke that are visible over much of Florida and the far northeast Gulf of Mexico. Western Quebec/James Bay/Hudson Bay: Heavy cloud cover associated with a low pressure circulation is preventing the detection of smoke in the immediate vicinity of the fires in central Quebec. However, smoke is observed on the outer fringes of the clouds moving west into the Hudson Bay then south into James Bay/northeast Ontario then east into Quebec. An elongated area of unknown aerosol, possibly smoke, is visible stretching over the Hudson Bay and southward into northern Ontario. Northeast Alberta: A very thick cloud shield has prevented the detection of both fire and smoke in the Lake Athabasca vicinity this morning and afternoon. Thin areas of light smoke that are likely remnant from the Alberta wildfires appear to be traveling southward through British Columbia entering the United States over Washington. From there, the remnant smoke moves to the southeast and east and approaches the Idaho/Wyoming border. This smoke is circulating around an area of low pressure in Alberta. Saskatchewan/Manitoba/Great Lakes region: A large wildfire in north central Saskatchewan and wildfires in northwest Ontario, as well as the wildfires in the Lake Athabasca vicinity, are producing an elongated area of light smoke from north central Saskatchewan to southern Ontario and the northern Great Lake region. Ramirez 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