DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1715Z May 24, 2015
SMOKE Northeastern Alaska/Northwest Canada to Southeast Canada/Northeast US/Atlantic: A very large and expanding area of light smoke was seen that extended from northeastern Alaska into much of Yukon and western Northwest Territories into northern British Columbia, much of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and southern Quebec, extending into the Northeast US and into the Gulf of Maine/Atlantic. This broad area of smoke is from numerous wildfires that are burning over a wide area of central and northwest Canada. Several small areas of moderately dense to dense smoke exist across central/southern Yukon Territory, northern Alberta and southwest Territories. A large area of moderately dense smoke extends over central/southern Alberta south into northern Montana and into central Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba. 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