DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z June 16, 2013
Smoke: Southeast US: A band of remnant smoke is visible moving SE through Alabama and South Carolina. The smoke is most likely a product of the wildfires taking place in the western US, being pushed down into Florida due to recent storms in the southeast. Blowing Dust: Florida/Atlantic Ocean: An area of light density blowing dust is visible in the Atlantic Ocean spanning west of the Bahamas to the eastern coast of Florida. This dust is most likely of Saharan origin, blowing over the Atlantic Ocean the last few days. Mexico: An area of light to moderate density blowing dust is visible in the Gulf of California, spanning from Baja to Hermosillo, Mexico. At first appearance, the area seems to be smoke blowing east over the Gulf, however there are no visible hotspots to confirm. Oegerle Earlier Today: Smoke: 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 to the Atlantic 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. 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