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