DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z June 5, 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.*** SW US: Remnant smoke visible earlier this morning was not visible in GOES-East imagery this evening. West-Central Canada: A number of wildfires are emitting moderately dense to thick smoke in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Alberta, Canada. A larger area of thinner density smoke covered a large portion of western Canada. JS/Oegerle Earlier this morning... Southwestern US: Remnant light to medium density smoke was visible this morning over central California, southern Nevada, southern Utah and Colorado, northern and eastern New Mexico and into western Texas/Oklahoma/Kansas. The smoke is mostly from the Powerhouse fire in southern California, however smoke from the Thompson Ridge and Tres Lagunas fires in northern New Mexico also contributed to the smoke over New Mexico/Colorado/Texas/Oklahoma/Kansas. No smoke can be seen coming from the Powerhouse fire this morning. West Central Canada: A number of wildfires were responsible for a large mass of primarily light to medium density smoke which continues to circulate around an upper level high over northeastern Alberta, central and northern Saskatchewan, northwestern Manitoba, and the southern portion of the Northwest Territories. The high pressure continues to full the smoke to the northeast as it drifts in that direction. Mid-Atlantic/Northeast: An area of general haze and aerosols was noted moving south off of lakes Erie and Ontario as well as moving off the east coast behind the cold front that moved through the area last evening. 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