DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z June 20, 2014
SMOKE: Mid-Atlantic/Atlantic Ocean: An area containing a mixture of smoke and sulfates is seen across northeastern SC, eastern NC, and extending over the Atlantic Ocean. The smoke is originating from the numerous agricultural burns occurring across eastern NC and SC. Mississippi Valley: An area containing a multitude of small smoke plumes is located over southeastern MO, western TN, and eastern AR. These smoke plumes are being emitted from agricultural burns occurring throughout the Mississippi Valley. Canada: Wildfires burning across much of Northwest Territories surrounding the Great Slave Lake as well as northern Alberta continue to emit large amounts of light-moderately dense smoke. The smoke is lifting northward through Northwest Territories and into western Nunavut. A large area of remnant smoke from these wildfires is currently extending over central and eastern Nunavut, over most of Hudson Bay and into northern Quebec. BLOWING DUST: Northern Mexico: A small area of blowing dust is moving eastward across northern Sonora state in Mexico. Gulf of Mexico: An expansive amount of Saharan dust has protruded into the southern half of the Gulf of Mexico. It is lifting northward towards the northwestern part of the Gulf into southeastern Texas. 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