DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1715Z June 2, 2012
Canada: A few large wildfires through northern Alberta and northern/central Saskatchewan are creating a large area of remnant smoke mixed with some new smoke from the southern Northwest Territories through northern Alberta, central Saskatchewan and into Manitoba and the northern US Plains. One very large wildfire in particular near Lake Athabasca in northern Alberta is creating a majority of the smoke and leading to the the area of heavy, dense smoke from north-central Alberta eastward to near the Manitoba-Ontario border. Southwestern US: Detached, remnant smoke from the Whitewater-Baldy wildfire can be seen this morning and early afternoon through western New Mexico, eastern Arizona and into the southern portion of Utah. New smoke, which is moderately dense, can be seen this morning closest to the source point of the fire and moving towards the south/southeast. Mexico: Numerous fires continue to burn through the states of Sonora, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, and Durango and are producing a broad area of remnant light density smoke through northern Durango and Sinaloa. Belge 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