DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1615Z June 8, 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.*** Mexico: A large area of thin to moderately dense smoke could be seen over northern and northwest Mexico. This smoke is from fires burning in the northwest part of the country. New Mexico/West Texas/Far Northeast Mexico: An area of aerosol could be seen moving eastward across the far northern part of the Mexican state of Chihuahua, southern New Mexico, and far western Texas. This aerosol could be remnant smoke from northwest Mexico fires or smoke from two fires in New Mexico or may be composed of a mix of smoke/blowing dust. Another area of aerosol believed to be remnant smoke was seen over eastern New Mexico. East Coast: A large amount of Saharan dust continues to move westward across the Caribbean and could be see from the eastern edge of the Yucatan Peninsula/Cuba stretched northeastward across southern Florida/Bahamas and northeast off the coast of the Eastern US as it gets pulled along behind former Tropical Storm Andrea, now nearing Nova Scotia. Ohio Valley/Great Lakes/Midwest: An unknown aerosol was stretched from northern Arkansas to southern Michigan and from the Ohio Valley northwest to the Minnesota/North Dakota border. There was also some hint of this aerosol over southern Ontario/Lake Superior. There may be some remnant smoke from Canada in the aerosol composition, especially over areas further north. Canada: A large amount of remnant smoke that was moderately dense to dense in places is present over central/southcentral Canada this morning. The smoke stretched from central Nunavut southeast across northern Manitoba/western Lake Huron and covered most of Ontario, James Bay, and a small part of west central Quebec. The bulk of this smoke is from wildfires burning in northern Manitoba recently. Alaska: An unknown aerosol stretched from southwest to northeast across the state along a frontal boundary. The aerosol extended to the Beaufort Sea/northern Yukon Territory. Sheffler 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