DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1732Z June 13, 2012
Central US: Large area of light smoke stretches from North Dakota southward into northern Mexico. The smoke is likely remnant smoke from various fires over northern Mexico, the Southwest US and Colorado. Remnant medium to dense smoke continued to drift eastward through northeast Colorado and western Nebraska from the High Park fire in Colorado. Northeast Canada: Light to moderate smoke seen over eastern Quebec and Newfoundland this morning. The smoke is from large fires over these provinces that have produced copious amounts of smoke last evening and overnight. Florida: Area of light smoke over the eastern Gulf of Mexico and western Florida seen moving southeast this morning. The smoke is likely remnant smoke that became detached from a larger area seen over the past few days from fires in Mexico and Central America. Liddick 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