Tuesday, June 2 2015

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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.