Thursday, May 21, 2015

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

 


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.