Sunday, May 17, 2015

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1515Z May 17, 2015

Northwestern Canada:
A relative large area of remnant light-density smoke was observed using
early morning visible satellite imagery situated over Yukon, western
and central portions of the Northwest Territories, northern British
Columbia and northern Alberta provinces in western Canada.  Some of the
smoke survived the transpacific path from Asia, while new smoke has been
infused into this plume from yesterday's Stuart Inert wildfire located
in east-central Alaska.

British Columbia:
A cluster of large wildfires burning across portions of central British
Columbia in western Canada continues to produce light to moderate
dense smoke.  Remnant smoke can be seen farther to the southwest of
these fires, approaching Vancouver Island, that became detached from
the source overnight.

Western Gulf of Mexico:
Another large area of light density remnant smoke was seen over the
western Gulf of Mexico drifting toward the north this morning.  This area
of remnant smoke is believed to have originated from seasonal burning
in Central America.

Eastern Gulf of Mexico:
A rather small and elongated aerosol of thin density is analyzed this
morning off the western peninsula of Florida.  It is believed to be
remnant smoke from the Mud Lake Complex wildfire in southwestern Florida.


Warren

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.