DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 01602Z 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.*** US Northeast and Canadian Maritimes: An line of thin to moderately dense smoke and haze can be seen along the frontal zone from N of Cape Race, across the cape, near Sable Island to around 40N59W (max density) then turns back W to around Cape Hatteras, NC. This area likely originates from the numerous Canadian fires and potentially some residual from Siberian fires near Lake Baikal and is rapidly moving E across the Atlantic, except near NC where a easterly winds from a cyclone over the Sargasso Sea is pulling some smoke ashore into E NC. Lower Mississippi River Valley: A drape of thin smoke could be seen early this morning across AR, N LA, N MS and NW AL. This smoke can be traced back to emissions from the Tres Lagunas and Thompson Ridge fires in N NM from two days ago. This area is being influenced by multiple wind regimes and is variably stationary, with some weak SEly influence due to inflow dying MC. Southern Rockies/High Plains: Significant cloud cover across CO/SW KS/N NM/and OK/TX Panhandles obscures much of the area where yesterday and this morning's smoke output from the Tres Lagunas and Thompson Ridge fires could be seen. However, a pocket of clear skies over NE NM into the OK panhandle showed thin to moderate smoke. A second higher elevation smoke area could be seen across SW CO... it is possible this smoke is left over from the Powerhouse fire in CA, but also may have some contribution from the two NM fires. Central Canada: Large wildfires across far NE Alberta, SE NW Territories and Northern Saskatchewan continue to produce a large amount of smoke from thin to very dense. Please see links below for further details Gallina 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