DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z May 25, 2014
Alaska: The Funny River fire continues to burn in southern Alaska near Soldotna on the Kenai peninsula, emitting a large amount of smoke. Light smoke is seen extending across the Gulf of Alaska, with a moderately dense area of smoke extending south of the fire. The smoke extends as far south as 49N as it is getting wrapped into the low pressure system dropping southward along the British Columbia coast. Residual smoke from the wildfire stretches across southern Yukon, Northwest Territories, northern British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and into northern Manitoba. Smoke cannot be seen coming from the source directly due to cloud cover. Gulf of Mexico: A large area of remnant light-to-moderately dense smoke encompasses the eastern Gulf of Mexico. The smoke is moving in a clockwise direction from the Florida coastline, toward Louisiana, and then into the southeastern US. An extension of this smoke could been seen moving across Missouri but clouds inhibited full detection of the smoke. Additionally, an area of light density remnant smoke was visible in the Bay of Campeche drifting westward. The origin of this smoke is likely due to the agricultural burns across Mexico. Vogt Miller 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