DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z June 21, 2014
SMOKE: Canada: Wildfires continue to burn through Northwest Territories surrounding the Great Slave Lake and northern Alberta. Smoke recently emitted from the fires is concealed by a large amount of cloud cover moving over the region. Remnant smoke of light to moderate density from these wildfires can be seen over eastern Northwest Territories, Hudson Bay, northeastern Manitoba, northern Ontario, northwestern Quebec, and Greenland. California: Light to heavy density smoke can be seen emitted from a fire burning near the California coastline just south of Monterey. The smoke is moving southward/southeastward. BLOWING DUST: Gulf of Mexico: An expansive area of blowing dust is seen extending into the central part of the Gulf of Mexico, making its way over southeastern Texas. This dust originates from the Sahara Desert. Eastern Colorado: Blowing dust is seen moving northward through eastern Colorado, extending between Limon and Lamar, CO. The dust appears to originate in southeastern Colorado, near the Arkansas river. 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