DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1530Z May 22, 2014
Central US/Canada: A large area of aerosols is located over south-central Canada and the north-central US. The area extends from Manitoba south through the eastern portion of the Dakotas and western Minnesota before becoming obscured by cloud cover. This area is likely composed of some remnant smoke from agricultural burns throughout south-central Canada and other sulfates. Montana: In eastern Montana, a small area of remnant smoke is expanding east to west as it moves to the south. This remnant smokes origin is the large fire located in central Montana yesterday. Western US: The Slide Fire in north-central Arizona continues to emit smoke which is moving to the NNW. There is a detached portion of smoke from this fire that is located over northwestern Utah and southeastern Idaho. Alaska: The Funny River fire continues to produce smoke which is moving south into the Gulf of Alaska. Long-range transport smoke from fires in Asia is moving over the western portion of Alaska. -Salemi 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