DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z June 3, 2012
Canada: Wildfires in northern Alberta, northern Saskatchewan, and the Northwest Territories continued to burn throughout the evening hours. The leading edge of the smoke extended as far southeast as Minnesota and remained west of an area of low pressure north of the Great Lakes. Moderately dense to very dense smoke extended from northern Alberta to central Manitoba. Cloud cover also hindered smoke detection this evening. Southwestern US: Detached, remnant smoke from the Whitewater-Baldy wildfire continues to cover much of the desert southwest. The heaviest smoke moved to the northeast throughout the day and evening. A new fire near the Utah/Nevada border (Lincoln County, NV) produced heavy smoke which moved southward over the Grand Canyon in northern Arizona. Cloud cover in New Mexico also made smoke detection difficult. California: A wildfire in Tulare County produced moderately dense smoke which moved generally to the south throughout the evening hours. Mexico: From earlier: 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. 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