DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z May 21, 2015
SMOKE: Western Canada/Central Canada/Northern Plains: A large area of light density remnant smoke was seen stretching from eastern Alaska through Yukon, northeastern British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, into the Northern Plains and western Ontario. This area of remnant smoke originated from wildfires in Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. Embedded within this area of remnant smoke, heavy smoke from a wildfire east of Garson Lake in northern Saskatchewan was seen moving SSE. Several agricultural/prescribed burns were observed in Saskatchewan and Manitoba and contributed to the area of light density remnant smoke with light density smoke plumes primarily moving south. Western Gulf of Mexico: An area of light density remnant smoke was observed over the western Gulf of Mexico spanning from the Gulf of Campeche to the Texas coastline. This area of smoke is mostly a result of seasonal agricultural burning in Central America. -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