DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z May 25, 2015
SMOKE: Western Canada/Central Canada/US: A large area of light to heavy-density smoke is visible moving east from numerous wildfires burning in British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan (notably the wildfire near Garson Lake). This smoke is visible affecting British Columbia, Yukon, Alaska, NW Territories, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Montana, and North Dakota. The heaviest smoke is visible in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba and visible crossing the border into North Dakota. Gulf of Mexico: An area of medium-density remnant smoke from the seasonal burning in Central America was visible moving NW over the southwest Gulf of Mexico extending to the Yucatan Peninsula. Mid-Atlantic: A plume of medium-density remnant smoke is visible drifting SE in the Atlantic Ocean. This plume is visible offshore New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland. Oegerle 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