DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z May 29, 2015
SMOKE Alaska/Western Canada: Several areas of thin smoke were detected in this evening satellite imagery. One area covered portions of the northern Gulf of Alaska and northward into much of southern Alaska to the Alaska Range. Aerosol models suggest that this is smoke from burning in Asia. A broad area of light smoke was seen over much of northeast Alaska and spreading into northern and central Yukon and Northwest Territories as far east as Great Slave and Great Bear Lakes. This smoke was related to numerous wildfires burning in this area and there were several patches of moderate to dense smoke embedded within this larger area. South Central/Southeast Canada: Two large areas of thin remnant smoke can be seen over parts of central and southern Canada which are both mostly remnant smoke from the fires in northwest Canada. One area extended from northeast British Columbia southeastward into southeast Alberta and southern Saskatchewan, just spilling into northern Montana by sunset. Another area was over southeast Canada from southern Quebec into Labrador and into the Labrador Sea. Great Lakes: An area of thin remnant smoke covers much of the Great Lakes and surrounding states this evening. 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. 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