Saturday, June 18, 2011

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z June 19, 2011

Saskatchewan/Northern Territories/Ontario/Manitoba:
Remnant smoke from wildfires burning in north central Saskatchewan,
southeast Northern Territories, and northwest Ontario is being wrapped
in the large scale circulation and is visible stretching as far southeast
as the eastern Great Lakes.
Heavy cloud cover has again inhibited the detection of smoke in the
immediate vicinity of the Alberta wildfires.

Southeast US/Florida:
An area of moderately dense to dense remnant smoke originating from the
Honey Prairie fire in southern Georgia's Okefenokee swamp is visible
offshore and moving north along the U.S. coast up to the central South
Carolina coast. Another area of dense to moderately dense smoke is
present in the western Atlantic farther offshore of Georgia/South
Carolina. This smoke is likely remnant from the numerous wildfires
burning in Georgia/northern Florida.

Southwest US/Central Plains/Northern Plains:
Fires in northern Mexico, Arizona, New Mexico, and west Texas are all
contributing to a broad area of light remnant smoke that is visible of
much of north Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas this evening. There
is another large area of light density remnant smoke visible over eastern
Montana, the Dakotas, northern Wyoming, and northwest Nebraska. This
smoke is mainly from wildfires in Alberta that is now wrapping up
into a well-defined low pressure weather system centered over southern
Saskatchewan.

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

 


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.