DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z June 25, 2011
North central US/southern Canada/Ohio River Valley: An elongated area of mostly moderately dense to heavy smoke continues to be visible this evening stretching south from near the southern shore of Hudson Bay through Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Lake Superior. This smoke has likely originated from the large wildfires currently burning through west/central Ontario, Canada. By sunset this evening, smoke reached areas of the Ohio River Valley near Evansville, Indiana and Owensboro, Kentucky. Northwestern Canada/Northern Alaska: Wildfires in northeast Alberta, northern Saskatchewan, and southern Northwest Territories are continuing to produce light to locally dense smoke plume that is stretching from the northern portions of Alberta and Saskatchewan into Yukon and Northwest Territories and finally into northern Alaska. Southern Plains: A broad area of light, remnant smoke is present over much of northwestern Texas, Oklahoma, western Arkansas and south-central Kansas. This area of light smoke, likely from the Arizona and Mexican wildfires, also mixed with smoke from wildfires this evening throughout Texas and Oklahoma. Moderately dense smoke was present in satellite imagery around sunset in Stonewall, King, Knox and Haskell Counties, all in Texas. Blowing Dust in the United States: Arizona: An area of blowing dust originated this evening along the Coconino County and Navajo County border in northern Arizona. By 0015Z, the dust moved mainly to the east and entered McKinley County, New Mexico. An area of blowing dust originated in northern Apache County, Arizona. This area of blowing dust moved to the east, over the Four Corners region, and moved into portions of New Mexico and Colorado. Nevada: A dust plume began in Clark County, Nevada this evening, southwest of Las Vegas and Henderson. The plume originated from what appears to be a dry lake bed east of I-15 and near Jean Airport. Dust from this area moved to the northeast towards Lake Meade. Blowing dust was visible in Churchill County, Nevada this evening near Carson Sink. Texas: Multiple dust plumes began in western Texas this evening south and west of Lubbock. Dust moved generally to the north and mixed with remnant smoke. 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