DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z June 4, 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.*** Southwestern US: Remnant thin density smoke leftover from the Powerhouse Fire in southern California was still visible this evening over southeastern California, southern Nevada, southern Utah, and northern Arizona. Not nearly as much smoke was visible closer to the fire as in the past couple of days. West Central Canada: A number of wildfires were responsible for a large mass of primarily thin density smoke which circulated around an area of high pressure over northeastern Alberta, central and northern Saskatchewan, northwestern Manitoba, and the southern portion of the Northwest Territories. Moderately dense to thick smoke was seen closer to a few of the fires. JS Earlier This Morning... 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 western and northern Mexico this morning. This smoke is remnant from numerous fires over western 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