DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1602Z June 18, 2011
Saskatchewan/Manitoba/Northern Territories/Great Lakes region: Remnant smoke from wildfires burning in north-central Saskatchewan and northwest Ontario has drifted as far southeast as the eastern Great Lakes and across much of New York state. Remnant smoke extends upwind toward the northwest where these wildfires continue to produce smoke as seen in this morning's satellite imagery. Moderately dense smoke is seen still attached to these wildfires and covering an area from northwest Manitoba, northern Saskatchewan and into portions of southeastern Northwest Territories. Southeast US/Florida: An area of moderately dense remnant smoke originating from the Honey Prairie fire in southern Georgia's Okefenokee swamp continues to be seen offshore of the southeast U.S coast. It does appear that the smoke has thinned out some however additional moderately-dense smoke is seen traveling northeastward from fires burning in eastern Florida this morning. Southwest US/Central Plains/Northern Plains: Large area of remnant light smoke is seen stretching across North Dakota,western South Dakota, Montana, northern Wyoming then south across western Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, northern and west Texas, southern New Mexico and portions of northern Mexico. Majority of the smoke north of Nebraska originated from wildfires in Alberta that is now wrapping up into a well-defined low pressure weather system centered over southern Saskatchewan. Some of the smoke from the wildfires in Arizona and northern Mexico is traveling north and becoming entrained into the northern portions of this smoke plume. Remnant smoke across the southwest, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas are from these same wildfires burning in Arizona and northern Mexico. Warren 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