Saturday, June 14, 2014

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z June 15, 2014

SMOKE:
Northwest Territories/Alberta/Saskatchewan/Nunavut:
An area of remnant smoke is seen drifting over the border of Northwest
Territories, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Nunavut. This smoke is most
likely from the wildfires located between the Great Slave Lake and
Lake Athabasca.

Southeast Texas:
A light to heavy density smoke plume is visible in southeastern Texas
originating from a marsh fire south of Beaumont. The smoke is extending
northward of the fire.

BLOWING DUST:
Gulf of Mexico:
A general light area of blowing dust is currently moving over central
and southern portions of the Gulf of Mexico. This dust has most likely
been transported from the Sahara Desert.

Southwestern U.S. into southern Plains:
A handful of areas of blowing dust are seen throughout the southwestern
U.S. Dust is moving eastward over eastern Arizona and New Mexico. An
extension of this area of dust is seen elevated ranging across the
Texas panhandle into southern Kansas. Another source area of dust is
seen moving southward in southern Colorado. Lower level dust is also
originating in southwestern Kansas near Dodge City moving northward
ahead of a cold front.

Heeps

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.