DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z June 3, 2015
SMOKE Eastern Canada: A large area of mostly light smoke from the large fires in northwest Canada was seen this afternoon and evening covering much of Quebec and Labrador and extending off the coast. The southern extent of the smoke just reached into upstate New York near Massena where clouds then preclude detection further to the south. Central Canada: A fairly nebulous area of mostly light smoke was seen covering much of western and central Alberta and was slowly moving to the north. This is remnant smoke from the fires further to the north. DUST California: A small area of blowing dust was observed originating from just west of the Salton Sea and moving to the east across the Salton Sea late this afternoon and evening. Pacific: A large area of aerosol was seen in advancing across the dateline between 35N and 45N and had reached to about 160W north of Hawaii by sunset. Aerosol models suggest that the that blowing dust from Asia is one of the primary constituents. 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