DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1715Z June 24, 2012
US Rockies through Central/Southern Plains: A large area of remnant smoke can be seen stretching from northern Utah into Wyoming and Colorado eastward through the central Plains state and southward into southeastern Texas. Moderately dense smoke is seen in two separate patches; one is moving towards the northeast across northern Wyoming and southeastern Montana from the large fires in north/central Utah; the second area of moderate smoke is slowly drifting south from Nebraska into Kansas and northern Oklahoma. This is mostly from the large fires that continue to burn through Colorado and Wyoming. Eastern Canada: Numerous fires in eastern Labrador are leading to a fairly large area of moderately dense remnant smoke mixed with some new smoke this morning as the fires continue to burn through this region. Eastern Alaska through Northern/Central Canada: Several fires are burning through central Alaska and portions of Yukon and Northwest Territories are leading to a very large area of mostly light smoke from eastern Alaska southeastward into the Great Lakes region. A more moderately dense area of remnant smoke can be seen to the north of Great Slave Lake and to the south and southeast of Great Bear Lake. -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