Saturday, June 2, 2013

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1445Z June 2, 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.***

Southern California/Southern Nevada/Western Arizona:
An area of remnant thin to heavy dense smoke from the Powerhouse fire,
burning north of Los Angelos, was seen swirling across portions of
southern California and spreading eastward over southern Nevada/western
Arizona this morning.  The area of moderate to heavy dense smoke is
remaining relatively stationary north and east of the Powerhouse fire
location.

Northern Texas/Southwest Oklahoma:
Remnant thin smoke is seen this morning tracking south-southeast across
northern Texas and southwestern Oklahoma. A small embedded area of
moderately dense smoke was observed just south of the Texas panhandle.
Smoke is from two large wildfires (Thompson Ridge and Tres Lagunas),
that continue to burning this morning located in north-central New Mexico.

Northern Mexico:
Area of smoke is seen lifting northward across
Sonora/Chihuahua/Sinaioa/Durango northern Mexican states associated from
numerous wildfires located across southwestern Chihuahua.

Atlantic Seaboard:
An area of mixed aerosols with some smoke possibly mixed in has
essentially all moved offshore and over the Atlantic.  The western
and southwestern edge of this plume stretches from just offshore of
the Delmarva peninsula and northeastern North Carolina across Cape Cod
and over the Gulf of Maine. Smoke that is mixed in with other unknown
aerosols is believed to be from fires across the southeastern U.S.

Alaska/Yukon:
Thin density remnant smoke from a wildfire located in eastern Alaska is
seen in visible satellite imagery this morning.  The area of smoke is
located across eastern Alaska and is moving east toward west-central
Yukon.  Additionally, a thin and elongated plume of unknown aerosols
is seen lifting north-northeast from northeastern Alaska/northern
Yukon/western Northwest Territories.


Warren

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

 


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.