DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1545Z June 25, 2013

Central & Eastern US:
An expansive area of remnant light smoke is observed across nearly all
of the Northeast, across portions of the Ohio River Valley and farther
west over the Central Plains this morning.  Cloud cover over much of
the Northern Plains and Great Lakes likely prevented the detection of
additional remnant smoke.  Area of smoke also extends as far south as
South Carolina, covering much of the Mid-Atlantic region.  Area of
smoke is mostly due in part to large wildfires located across the
southwestern US.  Portions of the smoke over the Northeast US may also
be mixed with smoke traveling down from Canada and possibly even farther
upstream from Alaska where several large wildfires have been burning.
A portion of the smoke over the Central Plains is seen drifting northward
over southern Manitoba and southern Ontario provinces of Canada.

Canada:
From satellite imagery this morning large, separated areas of thin to
moderately dense smoke can be seen in-between areas of dense cloud cover
over central and northern Canada.  One area is located over Quebec and
northern Ontario, a second stretched across northwest Manitoba, northern
Saskatchewan, southern Nunavut and southern Northwest Territories, a
third over northern Northwest Territories, and a fourth along the border
of Yukon and B.C.  Smoke is coming from numerous wildfires in Alaska,
northern Manitoba and portions of Quebec.

Alaska:
Light to heavy dense smoke is seen in this morning's satellite imagery
across most of the state.  Numerous wildfires continue to burn and
produce smoke.  Smoke is seen swirling clockwise and is tracking eastward
over northwest Canada.


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

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.