Thursday, May 22 2014

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z May 23, 2014

Currently:
Alaska:
The Funny River wildfire continues to produce dense smoke moving south
across the Gulf of Alaska.   Smoke from fires burning across Asia
continues to move south across western Alaska/Eastern Bering Sea and is
combining with the smoke from the Funny River wildfire.

Florida:
Multiple fires are burning across the central/northern regions of the
state producing light to moderately dense plumes.  Some of the smoke
from these fires stretches over 75 miles from source.

Arizona/Utah:
The smoke from the Slide fire in north – central Arizona can still
be seen moving across part of northern Arizona and southern Utah.
Clouds moving into the region north of southern Utah block the view of
smoke, but most likely smoke is still reaching those areas.

J Kibler


Earlier Today:
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

 


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.