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