Tuesday, June 10, 2014

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z June 10, 2014

Western U.S:
Multiple areas of thin smoke is seen over parts of the western U.S. this
morning. Smoke is seen along/off the coast of California, over southeast
Idaho/western Wyoming, over east Utah, and across southeast Wyoming,
north and east Colorado, and west Kansas. While much of this remnant
smoke has come from the Two Bulls Fire in central Oregon, the Galahad
fire in northwest Arizona may also have contributed some smoke.

Texas/New Mexico/Colorado/Kansas/Oklahoma: seen in northern Sonora,
Mexico,
A large amount of elevated dust is seen across southwest Kansas, the
Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles, southeast Colorado, east New Mexico,
and central to southern Texas. This dust was kicked up yesterday by a
strong cold front moving through the area.

Central-Northern US Plains/Midwest/Manitoba/Ontario:
An area of unknown aerosol seen yesterday and again today over the
central and northern US Plains may be composed partially of elevated
dust. Today the aerosol extended across the Midwest and Lake Superior
as it was being pulled northward into Manitoba/Ontario by a developing
low pressure system.

Florida/Southeast Coast:
Thin smoke stretches from southern Florida northeastward across the
Atlantic off the Southeast US coastline. Most of this smoke is from the
Alligator Fire in south Florida.

Canadian Maritimes:
An unknown aerosol could be seen moving southeastward, across parts of
and away from Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.

Northwest Territories/Alberta/British Columbia:
Moderately dense to dense smoke coming from a fire southwest of Great
Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories is extending southwest into
northwestern Alberta and northeastern British Columbia. Other unknown
aerosol extends from Banks Island in the Arctic southward to Great Slave
Lake and the Alberta/Northwest Territories border.

Sheffler

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.