DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z May 31, 2014
SMOKE: Canada: A large plume of light-density smoke is visible in the NW Territories moving SE between the Great Bear Lake and the Great Slave Lake into Alberta. This remnant smoke originates from the Funny River wildfire that was burning near Anchorage, Alaska last week. It is also possible that this plume is mixed with blowing dust that has been traveling over the Pacific Ocean from Asia recently. Texas: A large area of light-density smoke is visible in central Texas moving south towards Mexico. This remnant smoke originates from the numerous agricultural burns that were taking place in the state yesterday night. AEROSOLS: Canada: A large area of unknown aerosols are visible moving from Lake Claire in Alberta moving SE through Saskatchewan into Manitoba near Lake Winnipeg. The plume is first visible around 1100Z and continues until 1400Z. It is also possible that this plume is a mixture of blowing dust that has been traveling over the Pacific Ocean from Asia recently. Great Lakes: A large plume of unknown aerosols are visible moving around the Great Lakes region extending from Michigan west to Wisconsin. The plumes are first visible around 1100Z and continue until approximately 1330Z. It is also possible that there is remnant smoke mixed in the area from a wildfire located north in Canada, however clouds obscure the view from confirming that connection. Oegerle 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