DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1732Z June 7, 2012
South-Central US/Northwest Mexico: An area of mainly thin-density smoke was visible this morning across extreme southern Texas/northern Mexico extending northward into New Mexico/central Colorado, ahead of a surface frontal boundary that is draped across western Arizona and Colorado. A north-to-south oriented ribbon of medium-density smoke could also be seen moving eastward across eastern New Mexico/southeast Colorado which is likely remnant smoke from the Baldy-Whitewater fire and the multiple fires in northern Mexico. Northern Canada: Thin-density smoke was visible across the Northwest Territories into northern Manitoba today. The smoke is likely from the many wildfires that have been burning in the Northwest Territories as well as possibly northern Alberta/Saskatchewan. Cloud cover across most of the area likely inhibited additional detection of smoke. 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