DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1845Z May 28, 2015
Alaska/Western Canada: Several areas of thin to moderately dense smoke are seen over portions of eastern Alaska, northwest and western Canada in this morning's GOES imagery. An upper low moving southward along the western Canada coast is helping to draw the smoke south offshore and wrapping some remnant smoke inland across British Columbia. Much of this smoke is coming wildfires burning in far eastern Alaska, the Yukon Territory, and the Northwest Territories. South Central/Southeast Canada: Two large areas of thin remnant smoke can be seen stretching northeastward from southern Alberta to Manitoba and from northern Ontario east and southeastward across part of Quebec. This smoke is believed to largely be from fires in northwest Canada and Alaska. Great Lakes: An area of thin remnant smoke covers much of the central and western Great Lakes this morning. This smoke is believed to be from fires in northwest Canada/Alaska, though agricultural burning in south central Canada may have also contributed some smoke. South Central British Columbia/Washington: An area of unknown aerosol can be seen in visible imagery moving southeastward across far southern British Columbia and central Washington state. There is a possibility that this could be smoke from fires in Alaska/northwest Canada but may also be unrelated. Sheffler 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