DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1745Z June 1, 2015
Canada/North Central US: Two large areas of thin to moderately dense smoke cover much of the southern provinces of Canada this morning. Some of the this smoke also extends southward over the far northern areas of the north central US, including northeast Montana, northwest North Dakota, north/northeast Minnesota, and all of Lake Superior and the surrounding area. A small area of thin smoke was also seen in a break in the clouds near Great Slave Lake in Northwest Territories. All of this remnant smoke is believed to be from wildfires that have been burning in western Canada recently. Alaska/Yukon Territory: An area of thin remnant smoke could be seen moving southward this morning across eastern Alaska/northern Yukon Territory. This smoke may be from Alaskan fires from a few days ago or could be from an international source. Central US: An area of possible elevated dust particles is seen over parts of Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Numerous clouds have started to develop over this area beginning to obscure the aerosol. The aerosol appears to be moving southeast but the source is not known. 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