DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0030Z May 28, 2014
**Corrected for date/time** Smoke: Alaska/Western Canada: Remnant smoke from the Funny River fire persists over the Yukon and British Columbia Territories and extends out into the Pacific. The Funny River fire did not appear in infrared imagery today and cloud cover did prevented viewing of any possible new smoke output. Arizona: The Slide fire in Arizona continues to emit moderately dense to dense smoke which is moving northeast and southwest. Blowing Dust: Nevada: A large area of blowing dust originates from the Fallon National Wildlife Refuge and extends over 130km to the northeast. -Salemi Earlier: Alaska/NW Canada: Significant area of haze extended from eastern Alaska eastward across the Yukon Territory and into the Northwest Territories. This is believed to be light remnant smoke from the Funny River Complex on the Kenai peninsula. Southwest US: Remnant light smoke primarily from the Slide fire in Arizona stretched from central Arizona into southeast California. 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