Wednesday, June 12, 2013

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200 June 13, 2013

Western Plains / Central US:
Large wildfires active in Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado are
responsible for high density remnant smoke “ribbons” that stretch
over central New Mexico, eastern Colorado, the Texas panhandle, Kansas,
Nebraska, Arkansas, Missouri, and southern Illinois and Indiana.

Lower Mississippi Valley / Gulf of Mexico / Southeast US:
Several agricultural burns with associated small smoke puffs have
created a broad area of light density smoke over the lower Mississippi
River Valley, the northern Gulf of Mexico, southern Alabama, northern
Florida, and Georgia. Part of this smoke has also originated from the
large wildfires in Colorado.

Canada:
Numerous smoke producing wildfires are scattered mainly throughout
northern Manitoba and northern Quebec. An elongated light density remnant
smoke plume stretches from southern Nunavut south into Saskatchewan
and Manitoba and then east across the Hudson Bay as far as western
Newfoundland. Heavy remnant smoke is mostly confined to northern
Saskatchewan this evening.

Ramirez

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.