DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z June 9, 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.*** Smoke: Mexico: A large area of thin to moderately dense smoke is visible over northern and northwest Mexico, as well as Baja. This smoke is from wildfires and agricultural burning currently in progress in the northwest of Mexico. Canada: A large plume of light to heavy density smoke is visible as a result of numerous wildfires taking place in central Manitoba. The smoke is moving north, towards Hudson Bay. Remnant smoke ranging from light to moderate density is also visible from the previous days fires is also still present in the provinces of central Nunavut, Manitoba, NE Saskatchewan, and Ontario. Blowing Dust: East Coast: A large area of blowing dust is visible from the greater part of the Caribbean; as south as the eastern edge of the Mexican Yucatan Peninsula, covering Cuba, and moving NW passing over the Gulf of Mexico including the western coast of Florida. The blowing dust originated from the Sahara, and has been blowing over the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean over the last few days. Oegerle Earlier this morning: 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. 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. 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