DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z June 11, 2014
SMOKE: South Texas: An area of aerosols, believed to be smoke mixed with haze/pollutants extends from deep south Texas towards central Texas. A fire located south of the border in eastern Mexico is likely the origin of this remnant area of smoke. Northwest Territories/Yukon: Two areas of light-density smoke were observed this morning across central Yukon and western Northwest Territories. Smoke is associated with two wildfires located southwest of Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories. Southwest Northwest Territories/Alberta/Saskatchewan: An expansive areas of remnant smoke remains stretched across southwestern Northwest Territories, northeast British Columbia, Alberta and west-central Saskatchewan. Embedded moderately dense smoke is seen extending across portions of Alberta province. This area of smoke is believed to also be associated with the wildfires mentioned earlier southwest of Great Slave Lake. AEROSOLS: Central/North-Central U.S: A large area of aerosols is once again observed across much the central U.S. The composition of the area of aerosols may include elevated dust along with some remnant smoke that has drifted east from wildfires burning in western Wyoming and eastern Idaho. Eastern Northwest Territories: A narrow ribbon of unknown aerosols extends from north to south across the eastern province of Northwest Territories in Canada. 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