Wednesday, June 26, 2013

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0600Z June 27, 2013

Southwestern/South Central US to the Midwest:
A large amount of smoke stretched from Arizona, Colorado, and New
Mexico, where several very large wildfires are burning, eastward
across the southern US as far at Tennessee and northern Georgia and
also northward across the Central Plains/Midwest to as far north as
Wisconsin/Minnesota. Most of this smoke is from wildfires in the Southwest
that were producing moderately dense to dense smoke across parts of
New Mexico/Colorado/northwest Texas.  A large amount of agricultural
burning also ongoing along the lower Mississippi River Valley is also
responsible for some of the smoke that is further east/northeast.

East Coast:
Thin remnant smoke could be seen spread along the East Coast of the
US this evening from South Carolina to Massachusetts. The exact origin
of this smoke is unknown and could be the result of multiple sources,
including wildfires in the Southwestern US, ag burning in the lower
Mississippi River Valley and/or in the Carolinas, and possibly even
smoke from wildfires in Canada.

Texas/Western Gulf:
Elevated dust could again be seen tonight moving westward across
southern/eastern Texas and the western Gulf of Mexico. The dust was
beginning to mix with large amounts of remnant smoke over central Texas.

Nevada to western Wyoming:
A large area of blowing dust was seen in evening satellite imagery frmo
northern Nevada northeastward to western Wyoming. The dust was seen from
about 21z until darkness around 03z.

Alaska/Canada:
Extensive amounts of moderately dense to dense smoke could be seen
across most of Alaska and far northwest/north central Canada this
evening. Numerous wildfires burning in Alaska recently and increasing
numbers of wildfires in the Yukon/Northwest Territories, northern
Manitoba, and Quebec are responsible for the large amount of smoke that
is seen across the Arctic/sub-Arctic regions of North America.

Sheffler


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.