DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z May 30, 2015
SMOKE Northern Plains: A detached area of thin density smoke is seen across much of North Dakota and extending into northeast Wyoming, northweys South Dakota and into northwest Minnesota. 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 and Central Canada: A broad area of light density smoke with embedded significant areas of moderate and heavy density smoke was seen over much of the Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories and the northern portions of British Columbia and Alberta this evening. The most numerous fires and largest areas of moderate/dense smoke were roughly located between the McKenzie River and the Yukon/Northwest Territories border. However, there were also scattered patches of moderate to dense smoke associated with fires across northern British Columbia, northern Alberta and northern Saskatchewan. Southern Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche: An area of mostly thin density smoke is seen surging northwestward across the Bay of Campeche into southern portions of the Gulf of Mexico. This smoke is coming from the continued seasonal agricultural burning in Mexico. 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