DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z June 10, 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 Canada: Numerous wildfires burning across northeast Manitoba and northern Ontario were producing a large swath of smoke, the full extent of which is not readily determined. The smoke covers much of eastern Manitoba, eastern Nunavut, western Hudson Bay and central and northern Ontario this evening. The smoke may extend further north into northern Hudson Bay due to the wind flow in the area but cloud cover and the far northern position preclude detection in this area. The thickest smoke was observed over far northeast Manitoba and adjoining Hudson Bay. Additional fires were detected over west central Quebec and in eastern Quebec near the border with Labrador. Smoke from these fires was mainly light and drifting to the southeast. New Mexico: Smoke from the Thompson Ridge (north central) and Silver (southwest) fires in New Mexico was seen moving to the south this evening and covered much of central and southwest portions of the state. The smoke was mainly light to moderately dense. California: The Hathaway fire in southern California south of Big Bear Lake was generating a light to moderately dense smoke plume that was moving to the north. DUST Gulf of Mexico/Southeast US Coast: A large area of Saharan dust continues to be visible this evening over much of the Gulf of Mexico extending from southwest to northeast from the southwest Gulf of Mexico to the Yucatan and central Gulf and into the Florida Panhandle and as far east as Cross City. UNCERTAIN AEROSOL Texas/Oklahoma: An area of aerosol was noted over the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles into southwest Kansas. It is not clear whether it is remnant smoke from the Thompson Ridge fire in New Mexico, blowing dust from west Texas or haze pollution as suggested by an aerosol model. Southern California/Central Arizona: Light aerosol was observed over much of the southern half of the central valley this evening with a separate area extending from NW to SE across central Arizona. The source and composition of these areas are not certain. Ruminski 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