Saturday May 26, 2012

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2000Z May 26, 2012

**Updated for Canada**

Southeastern United States/Mid-Atlantic:
Smoke, likely from the Whitewater-Baldy fire in New Mexico, is
rotating around an area of high pressure centered over Tennessee and
North Carolina.   Smoke extends from Missouri to Pennsylvania on the
northern side and from Pennsylvania to Florida on the eastern side.
Subtropical Storm Beryl is possibly blocking the smoke from moving
further east off of the Carolina coast.

Ontario/Quebec/New England:
Remnant smoke from the Duck Lake fire in Michigan likely moved east into
eastern Ontario, southern Quebec and northern New England.  The recent
fires in Ontario likely contributed smoke as well.

Canada:
An area of unknown aerosols runs along the Northwest Territories/Nunavut
border south into the northern portions of Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
This is likely a mix of remnant smoke and blowing dust/sand transported
from Siberia.

A large area of remnant smoke from the Baldy-Whitewater complex is now
located off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador.

New Mexico:
Smoke from the Whitewater-Baldy fire complex continues to move to the
northeast and extends to the Colorado/Wyoming border.  This fire is the
likely source of the remnant smoke across the eastern half of the country.

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

 


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.