DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z June 19, 2014
SMOKE: Virginia/North Carolina: An area of smoke is seen drifting slowly eastward over southeastern VA and eastern NC, moving out over the Atlantic Ocean. This smoke is most likely attributed to the multitude of agricultural burns that have occurred through NC and SC. Canada: Numerous wildfires that have been burning in northern Alberta and Northwest Territories surrounding the Great Slave Lake have ejected a large amount of smoke. The smoke is moderately to heavily dense throughout most of central Northwest Territories close to the wildfires, extending northward into western Nunavut just south of the Coronation Gulf. Light smoke is expanding further into central Nunavut, over the Coronation Gulf and as far west as over the Great Bear Lake. The smoke plumes associated with these wildfires are moving northeastward into Nunavut. Remnant smoke associated with these wildfires can be seen as far south as southern Ontario and over Lake Superior, and southern Quebec. AEROSOLS: Mid-Atlantic States: An area of unknown aerosols is moving eastward over MD, DE, PA, NJ, southern NY and over the Atlantic Ocean. The origin of these aerosols are unknown. Louisiana/Arkansas: A small area of unknown aerosols is seen moving northward over northern Louisiana and Arkansas into southern Missouri. These aerosols are unknown in nature but may contain smoke associated with the agricultural fires in eastern Arkansas and northwestern Mississippi. 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