Friday, May 23 2014

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z May 24, 2014

Eastern Gulf of Mexico into the Atlantic:
An elongated area of light density remnant smoke was seen from the
northeast Gulf of Mexico across central Florida and into into the
Atlantic. There is likely also a contribution of sulfates in this area.

Arizona:
The Slide wilfdire near Flagstaff continued to burn today and was
producing a plume of light to moderate density smoke that was curling
to the north and northwest over northwest Arizona. Extensive clouds in
the vicinity of the fire prohibited a detailed analysis of the extent
of the smoke.

Alaska:
A large amount of smoke from the Funny River fire near Soldotna on the
Kenai peninsula was seen over the northern Gulf of Alaska. The smoke
was light to moderate density. In the most recent imagery the smoke has
begun drifting to the north toward Anchorage. The smoke near the fire
was heavy density.

A separate area of light density smoke from large fires in eastern Siberia
several days ago was seen over central and southwest Alaska along the
north and west side of the Alaska Range and into the northeast Aleutians.

Ruminski/Heeps

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.