DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1545Z June 03, 2014
Southern/Central Plains: An area of remnant smoke/haze has shifted north from yesterday stretching from eastern Colorado, southern Nebraska, Kansas, western Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma. Most of the smoke that remains mixed with the haze/pollutants is believed to have originated from wildfires in Arizona. Additionally, a second area of aerosols that may include dust/smoke is observed across south-central Canada across the Northern/Central Plains and reaching the central Great Lakes region. Dust transported from Asia may be mixing in with some smoke from a clustering of fires burning across central Saskatchewan. Northern Canada: Residual area of smoke extends across portions of southern Northwest Territories, Nunavut, northern Saskatchewan and northern Manitoba. It is believed that smoke may have originated from wildfires that had previously existing in Alaska. Mexico: Area of remnant smoke associated with several large wildfires burning across the southeastern Sonora/western Chihuahua states of Mexico is moving west-southwest. Warren 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