DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z June 15, 2013
Smoke: Canada: A large area of light smoke with a smaller area of medium-heavy density smoke stretches from northern Nunavut southeast through Manitoba, Ontario into Quebec and north to the Quebec/Labrador border. Midwest-Northeast: A large area of light to medium smoke is visible in Wisconsin, Michigan, and New York moving southeast into Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. This area of smoke is likely caused by several wildfires throughout Quebec, Manitoba, and Ontario moving south. Central US: A large area of light smoke extends from South Dakota through Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama. This may be remnant smoke from the wildfires in New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. Mexico: A large area of light smoke is visible in the Gulf of California covering Baja, Hermosillo, and Culiacan and as far east as Chihuahua moving NW. This smoke is likely caused to the agricultural fires currently in progress in Mexico. Oegerle 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