DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1545Z May 19, 2014
SMOKE/DUST/AEROSOL: Southern Canada: The elevated plume of mixed aerosols (smoke, dust, sulfates) that has been observed in satellite imagery over the past few days across portions of central and southern Canada has shifted eastward and remains rather elongated. The plume is seen extending across central Manitoba and Ontario provinces this morning. The smoke that is well mixed in with the other aerosols and is difficult to differentiate between the separate components. The source of the smoke is believed to be from numerous agricultural fires that have been located across Saskatchewan and Manitoba provinces. North and South Dakotas: An relatively concentrated area of remnant dust is seen across portions of eastern North Dakota and northeast South Dakota. The dust is believed to have originated across southeastern Montana late yesterday per re-analysis of GOES-East imagery last evening. 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.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/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