DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z May 22, 2015
Canada/Central US: An extensive area of light to heavy smoke was seen stretching from eastern Alaska through Yukon, northeastern British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, across central Canada, south into the Central Plains of the U.S. Smoke is associated with several large wildfires located in northern Yukon, northern British Columbia, and Saskatchewan along with agricultural burning in south-central Canada/northern Plains of the U.S. Western Gulf of Mexico: An area of light to medium density remnant smoke continues to drift slowly northward across the Bay of Campeche and western Gulf of Mexico this evening. This area of smoke is mostly a result of seasonal agricultural burning in Central America. Florida: A relatively small area of remnant thin-density smoke is seen drifting south along the southwestern coast of Florida's peninsula this evening. Several fires near Big Cypress in the Everglades are believed to be the source of this smoke.. Southern California/Southwest Arizona: A plume of blowing dust/sand was seen originating over southern California and spreading east into southwestern Arizona towards dusk. 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