DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0345Z June 5, 2015
Central/Western Canada and parts of Minnesota/North Dakota: A large area of thin to moderate density remnant and new smoke is across much of western and central Canada this evening. The smoke extends from the southeast corner of the Yukon Territory, the southwest corner of NW Territories, and northern British Columbia eastward across southern Northwest Territories, southern Nunavut, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and moving southeastward across Ontario. The most dense areas of smoke are seen across north/northeast Manitoba, northern Saskatchewan, and from northeast Alberta into the southeast part of Northwest Territories. Numerous wildfires burning in northwestern Canada are the cause of the large area(s) of smoke. A small patch of thin smoke has also broken off across southern Manitoba, northwest Minnesota, and northeast North Dakota. Texas/Louisiana/Oklahoma: A plume of thin to moderate density remnant smoke is seen moving northward from the northwestern Gulf of Mexico across east Texas, southwest Louisiana, the eastern half of Oklahoma. This smoke is likely from fires along the Lower Mississippi River Valley, as well as from possible smoke moving north from Central America fires. Southeast US: Large areas of haze can be seen in imagery evening pushing southward across the southeastern US states and over the northern Gulf of Mexico. Small smoke plumes from ag fires in Georgia and Alabama are seen mixing with the larger areas of haze caused by the heat and humidity. South British Columbia/Pacific Northwest/California: An aerosol seen stretching southwest from southern British Columbia across the Pacific Northwest states is believed to be elevated dust, likely from Asian sources. The aerosol extends across northwest California and some evidence of it can also be seen over southern California/west Arizona/southern Nevada as it becomes wrapped back inland by the upper low over the southwest US. Some new dust may also be getting picked up in these areas over the southwestern US deserts. 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