DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1715Z June 22, 2013
Smoke: US: The majority of the central US is covered by light to heavy density smoke where the thickest smoke extends from northeast Colorado across Kansas and Oklahoma. This source of this remnant smoke is likely the wildfires in northern Mexico, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. The smoke is gradually moving eastward towards the lower Mississippi River Valley. Canada/Alaska: An expansive area of light to dense smoke is covering a large portion of Canada this morning. The remnant smoke is likely due to the wildfires in Alaska and Canada that continue to produce copious amounts of smoke. The thickest smoke stretches across northern Manitoba, Ontario, into central Quebec and is moving mainly east-southeast atop a surface high pressure system. In Alaska, a small area of light smoke could be seen in between areas of clouds that are likely inhibiting further detection. Unknown Aerosol: US: An area of unknown aerosol is visible across the Mid-Atlantic Region, extending into the Atlantic Ocean, mixing in with some high-level clouds. The aerosols are moving southward. -Vogt 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