DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z June 18, 2013
Ontario/Western Quebec/Upper Mississippi Valley/Great Lakes region: An area of light to moderate smoke extends south of Hudson Bay across Ontario and into northeast Minnesota and northern/central Michigan/Wisconsin from wildfires burning across mostly Manitoba and other sections of central Canada. The heaviest smoke extends south of Hudson Bay into central Ontario. Another line of heavier smoke stretches across northern Minnesota/Michigan and into central Wisconsin. The general flow of the smoke is SSE. Alaska/Gulf of Alaska: Most of Alaska is covered with light to moderately dense smoke from wildfires burning across the state. The smoke flows around a large area of high pressure over the state. A streak of heavier smoke extends along the western sections of the state, then wraps north along the edges and back south through central Alaska. Currently, some of the smoke is moving south into the Gulf of Alaska. Northern Mexico/SE Arizona/SW New Mexico: Wildfires burning just south of the southeast border of Arizona are producing light to moderate smoke moving northeast across the border and reaching into southwest New Mexico. J Kibler 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