Sunday, June 3, 2013

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z June 3, 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.***

CA/NV/UT/AZ/CO/WY:
Remnant thin to medium dense smoke from the Powerhouse fire, burning
north of Los Angeles, extended from southern CA through northern
AZ and southern NV and UT and into south central WY and much of CO.
The heaviest smoke was over southern CA/NV and UT/AZ.  The whole area
of smoke continues to move east.

Saskatchewan/Manitoba:
Remnant smoke from wildfires burning in Saskatchewan remains over the
area not moving much as it is being stretched between 2 weather systems.
The smoke was light, however the fires continue to produce light to
moderate smoke today.

Yukon/Northwest Territories:
A very thin area of smoke was seen this morning moving east out of
Yukon and into Northwest Territories.  The smoke is remnant from fires
in Alaska over the past few days.

Northern Mexico:
An area of very thin smoke could be seen over Northern Mexico this
morning.  This smoke is remnant from numberous fires over Mexico over
the past few days.

Liddick

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.