DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z May 24, 2015
SMOKE Eastern Alaska/Northwest Canada to Southeast Canada: A very expansive area of light smoke was seen that extended from eastern Alaska into much of Yukon and western Northwest Territories into northern British Columbia, much of Alberta and Saskatchewan, southern Manitoba, southern Ontario and southern Quebec and exiting off the US Northeast into the Gulf of Maine. This broad area of smoke is from numerous wildfires that are burning over a wide area of central and northwest Canada. Embedded within this area of light smoke were numerous patches of moderate and dense smoke that were mostly in closer proximity to the fires, although there was a larger patch of moderate and dense smoke that extended from southwest Alberta to southern Manitoba that was further detached from most of the wildfires. Gulf of Mexico: There was a small patch of remnant smoke from the fires burning in southern Florida that was seen over the eastern Gulf of Mexico that was moving to the west. Smoke from the seasonal burning in Central America mixed with smoke from the oil rigs in the Bay of Campeche was seen over the western Gulf and was moving mostly to the north. DUST Southern California: A small area of light blowing dust was seen near the Salton Sea this evening and it was moving to the east across the Sea. Ruminski 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