DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z June 26, 2012
Central North America: Light to moderately dense smoke is situated across central North America. The smoke extends from southern Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario, south through the Central Plains/Mississippi Valley, into Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi where it enters the Gulf of Mexico and becomes obscured by clouds. There is a small off-shoot from this larger area of smoke. The off-shoot extends east through Tennessee, along the North Carolina/Virginia border and consists of mainly moderately dense smoke. These areas likely consist of remnant smoke from the numerous large wildfire in the western US. Nevada: The North Schell fire continues to emit large amount of moderately dense smoke which is streaming to the northeast. Colorado: The Waldo Canyon and Little Sand fires continue to emit moderately dense to dense smoke. Alaska/Canada: An area of remnant smoke from the numerous fires in the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Alaska streches from northeastern Alaska through the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and then southeast into northern Manitoba and Ontario. -Salemi 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