DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1715Z May 29, 2015
SMOKE Southeastern Canada: A detached area of thin density smoke is seen across portions of southern Alberta, southern Saskatchewan, and drifting southward into Montana. This area of smoke is likely from wildfires occurring in northwestern Canada, though the full extent of the smoke (especially the eastern extent) is difficult to discern due to cloud coverage. Alaska/Western Canada: Light density smoke with embedded areas of moderate density smoke is detected over eastern Alaska, Yukon, and much of Northwest Territories as far east as Great Bear Lake and southward near Great Slave Lake. This area of smoke is likely a mixture of long transport smoke from burning in Asia as well as smoke from wildfires burning in the area across Yukon/Northwest Territories. Southern Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche: An area of thin density smoke is seen surging northwestward across the Bay of Campeche into southern portions of the Gulf of Mexico. This smoke is likely due to fires occurring in Mexico. AEROSOLS Mid-Atlantic: An elongated area of aerosol is seen extending just offshore of the southern New Jersey coastline and to the northeast over the ocean to just south of Nantucket island. Global aerosol models suggest that this area of aerosol is suspended sulfates. Heeps 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