DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z June 19, 2013
Great Lakes/Eastern Canada: Large area of light density smoke can be seen from Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana stretching northeast across Ontario and Quebec. This area of smoke is believed to be from wildfires located across Manitoba and Quebec provinces. Southwest US: An area of light to heavy dense smoke is seen drifting eastward across portions of New Mexico, southwest Texas and northern states of Mexico. Several wildfires burning across southern Arizona, southern New Mexico and northern Mexico is where the smoke originated from. A second area of remnant light smoke is seen moving northeast across the four-corners region. This smoke originated from a large wildfire burning in central Arizona. Central & Northwest Canada: Three areas of detached remnant smoke plumes are seen in satellite imagery this morning stretched across portions of Central and Northwestern Canada. The easternmost plume is located over eastern Saskatchewan, central Manitoba, western Ontario. The middle plume is over northern Saskatchewan and southern Northwest Territories. The westernmost plume extends across western Northwest Territories. Smoke is likely from large wildfires burning across Alaska and mixing with smoke from wildfires across central Canada. Alaska: Several very large wildfires burning across southwestern Alaska are producing heavy dense smoke plumes. Detached light to heavy smoke can be seen stretching across much of southern Alaska. Smoke is also getting wrapped up in clockwise flow across the state which has led to the transport of light smoke over western and northern Alaska this morning. Warren 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