DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z June 25, 2014
SMOKE: Canada: An expansive area of light-density remnant smoke was strewn across Western and Central Canada, extending from the Northwest Territories as far east as Prince Edward Island and as far southeast as South Dakota. A modest amount of moderately-dense smoke encompassed much of the Northwest Territories, Nunavut into the Hudson Bay. This remnant smoke originates from the numerous wildfires in the Northwest Territories and Northern Alberta which continue to produce copious amounts of light-to-thick density smoke and is moving mainly to the east-southeast. DUST: Gulf of Mexico: An area of dust is seen moving northwestward from the Bay of Campeche off the west coast of northern Mexico. A secondary area of dust was also visible from the Birds Foot region of Louisiana extending southeastward across southern Florida. This dust is most likely Saharan in origin. Vogt Miller 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