Thursday, May 7 2015

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z May 07, 2015

Illinois/Indiana/Ohio:
An area of aerosol is currently swirling across Illinois extending into
Indiana and Ohio. The aerosol is believed to be a combination of remnant
smoke and sulfates; while much of the western portion of the aerosol
specifically over Illinois is believed to consist mostly of remnant
smoke from fires occurring in the southern U.S, much of the eastern
portion of the aerosol is likely to consist of mostly sulfates.

Southeastern Ontario/Southern Quebec/Northeastern U.S:
The area of remnant smoke and dust mentioned earlier stretching from
south central Canada into the northeastern U.S has continued to move
southward into far southeastern Ontario/far southern Quebec and into
the northeastern U.S. extending out eastward over the Gulf of Maine
and southern Nova Scotia. An embedded area of moderate density smoke
is seen over new York/Vermont/New Hampshire/southern Maine and over the
Gulf of Maine.

California/Southwestern Nevada/Southern Arizona:
An area of aerosol remains drifting slowly to the south over
central/southern California extending to the east into southern Arizona
as well as into southwestern Nevada. This aerosol is believed to mostly
consist of remnant Asian smoke/dust. The full extent of this aerosol
is difficult to discern with the cloud coverage across much of the
western U.S.

Southern California:
An small area of blowing dust is seen across far southern California due
to relatively strong winds near the surface. This area is to the south of
the Salton Sea, originating close to the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

Northwest Canada:
An area of aerosols remains over Alberta and Northwest Territories
drifting eastward into northwestern Saskatchewan. This aerosol is believed
to consist of Asian smoke.

Heeps


From earlier:
South Central to Southeast Canada/Northeast US:
A plume consisting of remnant smoke and dust is seen stretching
eastward from south central Canada east and southeast across portions of
Ontario/Quebec and the Northeastern US states out across southern Nova
Scotia and the Northern Atlantic. The smoke component is believed to be
a mixture from fires in Manitoba/Saskatchewan/North Central US (mostly
over south central Canada) and remnant smoke from Asian fire activity
(seen from just south of Hudson Bay to the North Atlantic).

California/Nevada/southeast Oregon/Idaho/Montana:
A area of aerosol extends northeastward across central California/Nevada
and becomes more diffuse over southeast Oregon/Idaho/western Montana. Some
of this aerosol is thought to be thin remnant Asian smoke particularly
over south/central California. It is believed that if clouds were not
over east Montana/southern Saskatchewan, that this area of aerosols
would connect with the plume seen over the rest of southern Canada.

Missouri/Illinois/East Iowa:
An area of thin remnant smoke is seen stretching north from extreme
northeast Arkansas across Missouri/Illinois/eastern Iowa. The
source is likely fires yesterday in Arkansas/Louisiana/southern
Missouri/Mississippi/Alabama.

Mid-Atlantic:
An area of aerosol thought to be remnant smoke was seen over portions of
West Virginia, Pennsylvana, Virginia, Maryland, Deleware, and New Jersey
along a frontal boundary. The aerosol stretches off the Mid-Atlantic
coast and disappears beneath clouds.

Western Gulf of Mexico:
Thin to moderately dense smoke is seen over the west/southwest
Gulf. Numerous fires in the Yucatan Peninsula yesterday along with oil
rigs in the Bay of Campeche are the cause of this smoke which is moving
to the northwest.

Northwest Canada:
Aerosol that is thought to be remnant Asian smoke is seen over northwest
Canada, from north Alberta to northwest Nunavut.

Sheffler

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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.