DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z June 18, 2013

Smoke:

SW Manitoba/SW Ontario/Great Lakes:
A pocket of light to medium density smoke is visible entering the US
from Canada. A heavy swath 100km wide covers Southern Manitoba and SW
Ontario moving SE over Minnesota and Lake Superior. The smoke originates
from the many wildfires in progress in Northern Manitoba and Quebec.

Canada:
Nearly all of Canada continues to be covered with thin density smoke from
wildfires located in northern Manitoba, western NW Territories, central
Yukon Territory, and SW Alaska. Cloud cover remains in the eastern portion
of Canada, obscuring viewing of smoke. An area of light density smoke is
visible moving southeast from Saskatchewan through central North Dakota.


Blowing Dust:

California:
A large area of thin density blowing dust is visible in California
spanning from the border with Oregon and Nevada diagonally south to the
Bay area. The visibility is available in satellite imagery from 23Z to
sunset. An area of medium density blowing dust is visible moving east
in the Mohave Desert, which may be associated with smoke moving south
from wildfire Rolling.

Nevada:
An area of medium density blowing dust is visible in Lovelock, Nevada
moving northeast 100km.

Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic Ocean:
A large area of medium density blowing dust is visible south of Florida
in the Atlantic Ocean moving west to the Gulf of Mexico. Although the
dust passes though the Florida Keys, it completely saturates the Bahamas
and Cuba. The dust is Saharan in origin and has been blowing over the
Atlantic Ocean over the last few days.

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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.