DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z May 19, 2015
SMOKE South Central and Western Canada/Northern Plains A wildfire near Prince George in north central British Columbia is producing moderately dense to dense smoke moving north across northeast British Columbia and into southeast Yukon Territory and southwest Northwest Territory. Light residual smoke extends further north across the territories and south across northern/central Alberta and eastward into Saskatchewan. Mixing in is residual smoke across parts Alberta and Saskatchewan from the numerous fires burning yesterday across central/southern Saskatchewan. Another area of residual smoke is seen over southern Saskatchewan, southwest Manitoba and over northern Montana and northern/central North Dakota from the fires in Saskatchewan. Southwest Florida: Light to moderate smoke from a wildfire burning in the western Everglades is seen moving west into the eastern Gulf of Mexico. J Kibler 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