DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1815Z June 3, 2012
Canada: Remnant smoke from wildfires burning in the Northwest Territories, Alberta, and Saskatchewan was visible this morning wrapping around either side of a surface low pressure system lifting through Saskatchewan. Mainly thin-density smoke was present across the Northwest Territories into western Nunavut and extended southeastward into Alberta and Saskatchewan. There was also a thin ribbon of light smoke further east pushed up against another low pressure system near Lake Ontario and stretched out across Ontario southward into northern Ohio. Clouds associated with both low pressure systems hindered additional smoke detection across Canada this morning. An additional area of a possible smoke and dust mix could be seen east of Newfoundland lifting mainly northward. Southwestern US: Mainly thin-density, detached smoke could be seen stretching across the four corner states as well as northwest Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma. Most of this smoke can be attributed to the many fires burning in Sonora/Chihuahua, Mexico and the Baldy-Whitewater fire in New Mexico. There was also an area of medium-density smoke visible moving across north-central Texas, likely a result of the Baldy-Whitewater fire. Gulf of Mexico: An area of thin-density smoke could be seen along the Louisiana/Texas Gulf coast this morning. This smoke is likely from the fires burning across northwest Mexico. Vogt 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