DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z June 1, 2012
Northern Plains/Manitoba: An area of thin-density smoke was noted from Lake Winnipeg southward along the North/South Dakota and Minnesota borders and into eastern Nebraska. The source of the smoke is possibly from fires burning in northern Canada the past few days. Northern Canada: Several large blazes in northern Alberta and Saskatchewan are generating moderately dense to dense smoke plumes which are mostly moving to the east, south of Lake Athabasca. East Coast: Patches of thin density smoke were seen along and off the East Coast from Cape Cod, New Jersey and the Delmarva into eastern North Carolina and extending east into the Atlantic. This is remnant smoke from the large Whitewater Baldy fire in New Mexico and from numerous agricultural fires in the mid to lower Mississippi Valley. Colorado: Light smoke can be seen along the Colorado/New Mexico border. This is likely remnant smoke from the The Sunrise Mine and Little Sand wildfires. Southeast US: An area of remnant smoke can be seen stretching across the northern Florida Panhandle eastward into the Atlantic. The smoke is likely a mix from various fires in the southwest US and the Mississippi Valley. Southwest US/Texas/Mexico: The Whitewater Baldy fire continues to rage in southwest New Mexico and produce large amounts of dense smoke. This evening, the smoke was moving to the southwest into southeast Arizona and northern Sonora. Remnant smoke from this fire along with smoke being produced from numerous fires in Sonora, Chihuahua and Durango states in northwest Mexico are leaving much of northern Mexico and west Texas covered in light to moderately dense smoke. Blowing dust: An area of blowing dust was seen over western Sonora originating near the Gulf of California and moving inland to the east. Ruminski 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