DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z June 26, 2014
AEROSOLS: Atlantic Ocean: A plume of unknown aerosols are visible moving offshore into the Atlantic Ocean between Florida and Bahamas. It is possible that these aerosols are from the burning that has been taking place in the southeast, but most likely a mixture from the considerable amount of Saharan dust that has been blowing through the area. DUST: Gulf of Mexico: A plume of blowing dust is visible in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, from mid-coast Florida offshore out to the panhandle. The blowing dust is most likely Saharan in origin and has been blowing around the Caribbean the last few days. Oegerle Continuing from earlier today: SMOKE: Canada: A large amount of wildfires continue to burn in Northwest Territories and northern Saskatchewan, producing a expansive plume of light-moderate density smoke extending through Northwest Territories, eastern Yukon, Nunavut, Hudson Bay, central and northern Manitoba, northern Ontario and northwestern Quebec. A small area of heavy density smoke can also be seen swirling north of Reindeer Lake. The newly emitted smoke is moving northward, while remnant smoke is being drawn southeastward. Remnant smoke can also be seen in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan. 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