DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z June 21, 2013
US: The majority of the central US is covered by light to heavy density smoke. This source of this massive area of smoke is likely the wildfires in northern Mexico, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. The smoke extends from Colorado and New Mexico east across the Mississippi River where the full extent is difficult to discern with the current sun angle. It appears to at a minimum reach Ohio, south through eastern Kentucky/Tennessee and Alabama. The heaviest density smoke is over Nebraska and southern South Dakota. Canada/Alaska: A large area of light to heavy density smoke extends from north of Alaska east through the Yukon/Northwest Territories/Nunavut and Hudson Bay. This smoke also extends south into northern British Columbia/Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba. This smoke is being produced by wildfires throughout Alaska and northern Manitoba. -Salemi 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