DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z May 30, 2015
SMOKE: Northern Plains: An area of optically thin remnant smoke was observed over the Northern Plains this morning in GOES-15 visible imagery. This area of remnant smoke was seen moving to the southeast through eastern North Dakota, eastern South Dakota, Nebraska and Minnesota and most likely originated from wildfires in western Canada. Western Canada/Central Canada: A relatively stationary area of light to moderate density smoke was seen in western Canada and central Canada this morning in satellite imagery. An area of light density remnant smoke was observed over southeastern Yukon, northeastern British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, northern Alberta, northern Saskatchewan and northern Manitoba. Embedded within this area of remnant smoke was an area of moderate density smoke spanning from Yukon to Central Saskatchewan to Great Slave Lake. Wildfires in northern Alberta, northern Saskatchewan and the southwestern portions of the Northwest Territories were continuing to contribute to this area of moderate density smoke this morning. -Cronin 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