DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z May 03, 2015
SMOKE: Pacific Northwest/Central Canada: An elevated stream of light density remnant smoke was seen stretching from the Pacific Northwest to Central Canada in GOES-13 visible imagery. The remnant smoke can be seen traveling east through northern California, Oregon, Washington, northern Idaho, northern Montana, northern North Dakota, southeastern Saskatchewan, central Manitoba. Agricultural/prescribed burns in Manitoba and Saskatchewan contributed to additional light density smoke in Central Canada. Another area of light density remnant smoke was seen in eastern Ontario and was moving east. The remnant smoke originated from fires in Asia. Texas: An area of thin elevated remnant smoke was detected in eastern Texas this afternoon/evening and was stationary. This area of remnant smoke originated from fires that occurred in Asia and Central Canada. -Cronin 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