DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z May 25 2013
***PLEASE NOTE: GOES-13 has been replaced with GOES-14. GOES-14 is centered at 00N105W which is 30 degrees further west than GOES-13. This position has an impact on the ability to detect smoke, particularly light smoke in the evening, compared to GOES-13. It is possible that areas of light smoke that would be detected previously are now not discernible.*** Smoke: Canada: An area of remnant smoke with unknown origin is observed covering the northern halves of Alberta and British Columbia, and the southern part of Northwest Territories, west of Great Slave Lake. The smoke is predominantly light density but a moderate to thick detached plume is seen near the BC-Alberta border. The remnant smoke is moving west under the influence of a low pressure system positioned to its south. There is no evidence of active wildfires in this area so it is speculated that the smoke is days old and is being recirculated under the synoptic flow. Western Gulf of Mexico: A very broad area of light to moderate density remnant smoke encompasses the majority of the Gulf of Mexico. The smoke extends east over the Florida peninsula, and as far east as the Bahamas. The northern extent of smoke over the western Atlantic reaches Georgia. The origin of this smoke is the numerous active wildfires throughout Mexico. Ramirez THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF 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