DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1641Z June 19, 2014
SMOKE: Canada: An expansive area of remnant light to moderately dense smoke could be identified early this morning in visible satellite imagery over the Northwest Territories and Nunavut provinces. Dense cloud cover this morning prevented additional remnant smoke across much of central and eastern Canada, which was analyzed yesterday. A break in the clouds across southwestern Quebec did yield another smaller area of smoke moving southeast. All smoke analyzed in Canada can be traced back to numerous wildfires that continue to burn in northern Alberta and Northwest Territories surround the Great Slave Lake. AEROSOLS: Mid-Atlantic/Atlantic Ocean: An area of aerosols are observed across eastern Virginia and North Carolina extending over the coastal waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Majority of the aerosol composition is unknown; however, a small portion may be mixed with remnant smoke from yesterday's fires across the Carolinas, but the extent cannot be determine in satellite imagery. 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