Thursday, June 27, 2013

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z June 27, 2013

Southwestern/South Central US/Lower Mississippi Valley:
A large amount of remnant light to isolated moderate smoke stretched
from Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico across the central and southern
Plains and into the lower Mississippi Valley.

Northeastern Canada:
Light remnant smoke from fires in Quebec and Newfoundland stretched from
southeastern Canada across the Labrador Sea into Greenland.

Central Canada:
Scattered areas of light remnant smoke dotted portions of western Quebec,
Ontario and Manitoba.  This smoke was the result of fires in western
Quebec and northern Manitoba.

Alaska/Yukon/Northwest Territories:
A pall of light remnant smoke from fires in Alaska and Yukon covered
a large area from central Alaska eastward throughout the Northwest
Territories and Yukon.

Southern Canada/Upper Midwest of US:
A ribbon of light smoke extended from eastern British Columbia to
Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana.  The source region for this smoke was
somewhat uncertain but believed to be the fires in Manitoba and/or Alaska.

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.