Thursday, June 14, 2012

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1615Z June 14, 2012


Central/Southern Plains/Colorado/New Mexico:
The large wildfires in the west, specifically the High Park fire in
northern Colorado and the Little Bear and Whitewater-Baldy fires in
southern New Mexico, continue to burn and have led to a large amount
of remnant smoke moving eastward from the Colorado and New Mexico into
Nebraska to Texas. The full extent of this smoke is difficult to discern
due to the presence of clouds in that region.

North/Central Canada:
Light, remnant smoke can be seen near the border of Saskatchewan
and Northwest Territories into northern Manitoba near the border of
Nunavut. This is from the fires that were seen burning yesterday through
northern Saskatchewan and northern Manitoba.


Newfoundland and Labrador:
A long, thin region of what appears to be remnant smoke can be seen
stretching from eastern Labrador southward into Newfoundland. This is
most likely remnant smoke from recent fires across Quebec and Labrador as
well as the large complex of fires that started up last evening through
eastern Labrador.


-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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.