DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1445 June 12, 2013
Southwest & Central US: An large area of light to heavy dense smoke extends from New Mexico north and east across much of the Central US as far north as eastern South Dakota/southwestern Minnesota and as far east as Arkansas/Missouri/Illinois. Embedded heavy dense smoke is seen over southeastern Nebraska/northeastern Kansas and over eastern New Mexico/Texas and Oklahoma panhandles. Several large wildfires in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona have been contributing to this expansive remnant smoke plume that is drifting eastward. Northern Central and Northeastern Canada: An elongated light density smoke plume extends from Newfoundland, northern Quebec, southern Hudson Bay, northern Manitoba, southern Nunavut, southeastern Northwest Territories and northern Saskatchewan. Moderate to heavy dense smoke is observed over northern Saskatchewan and southeastern Northwest Territories this morning. Smoke is likely to have originated from wildfires burning across portions of northern Manitoba and Quebec provinces. Warren 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