DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z June 15, 2013
Smoke: Central High Plains: Moderately dense smoke likely from last night's emissions from of the fires in NW CO and SE UT can be seen moving in a 'V' with the apex directly over Denver with one arm reaching NE along I-76 in to NE near North Platte, thinning out to less density across the Central portion of NE (Kearney and north). The other arm extends due E across the high desert of E CO and along the KS/NE boarder to the same longitude as McCook, NE. Very thin smoke can be seen between the arms. Alabama: Thin smoke can be seen moving SSE across central and SE AL with sliver entering GA, covering a 50km wide line from Selma/Montgomery area to LaGrange/Columbus area in GA. This smoke appears to be remnants of the Colorado fires about 2-3 days ago. New England and Eastern Canada: Very large fires across the Boreal Quebec (particularly, south of La Grande Riviere Reservior) have produced very dense smoke that has migrated E and SE over the last day and covers the Western portions of the St. Lawrence Seaway into New Brunswick and far E ME. Thin smoke surrounds out to Nova Scotia but also extending SE along and over SE New England into the Hudson Valley Shelf/Canyon region off NJ/NY and about 50km offshore of the Delmarva. Northern Canada/Yukon Territory: Thin smoke drapes across Hudson Bay into W Nunavut, with waves/amplifications across the northern NW Territories and Yukon due to weak cyclones in the main flow. A band of enhanced smoke can be seen along the NW edge of a the NW-tilted ridging (associated with the strong easterly fetch from the deep cyclone over Saskatchewan) just NW of Great Slave Lake into far NW Alberta... this hints at the origin of this smoke to be from the large fire complexes over N Saskatchewan and Manitoba burning over the last few weeks. A pocket of thin to moderately dense surface or low level smoke can be seen across Central Yukon Territory in the Yukon River Valley with indications. It cannot be confirmed at this time that the source of this smoke is the same as above, or smaller fires within the valley that have remained too difficult to analyze or smoke that was trapped under strong subsidence from the AK fires as the smoke descended on the eastern side of the strong ridge over Central AK. Gallina 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