DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z June 24, 2011
Eastern US: Much of the eastern U.S. coast/western Atlantic from northern Florida up to North Carolina continues to be covered in moderately dense to thick smoke this evening. The smoke has predominantly originated from the Honey Prairie wildfire in the Okefenokee Swamp, GA and the Juniper Road fire in North Carolina. North central US/southern Canada: An elongated area of thin density remnant smoke and an elongated area of moderately dense remnant smoke are visible stretching south from eastern Manitoba/western Ontario into the eastern Dakotas/western Minnesota as far south as Iowa. This smoke has likely originated from wildfires in Canada and has been pulled south by a low pressure circulation positioned over the Great Lakes region. Northern Canada: Wildfires in northeast Alberta, northern Saskatchewan, and southern Northwest Territories are collectively responsible for a light to locally dense smoke plume that is moving northwest across Northwest Territories and Yukon Territory as far west as northeast Alaska. Arizona/New Mexico/northern Mexico: Large wildfires in eastern Arizona and central New Mexico, including the Wallow and Pacheco blazes, are producing broad areas of thin density smoke and more localized areas of moderate to dense smoke over approximately one quarter of New Mexico state this evening. Wildfires in northern Sonora are also producing broad areas of thin density remnant smoke that is observed moving west. Blowing Dust: Two areas of blowing dust from dry lake beds are observed this evening. Beginning at 2100Z 23 June an aerosol plume is visible in northern Churchill County, NV moving northwest to the Elko County, NV border out to 0200Z 24 June. Beginning at 0045Z 24 June an aerosol plume is visible in east Inyo County, CA moving northwest into southwest Nye County, NV out to 0215Z 24 June. 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