Wednesday, June 5, 2013

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

 


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.