DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z June 6, 2015

SMOKE
Central/Eastern Canada:
A large area of light to medium density smoke is visible extending
from Yukon, the NW Territories, British Columbia, through Alberta,
Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nunavut, Ontario, and into Quebec. The smoke
is moving eastward, and then SE as it reaches Quebec towards the US
border. This remnant smoke originates from the wildfires that have been
burning in Alberta and Saskatchewan for the last few weeks.

Mississippi River Valley:
A plume of light density smoke is seen moving northward from the
northwestern Gulf of Mexico across east Texas and southern Louisiana and
extending into Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, and Kansas. This smoke is
likely from fires along the Lower Mississippi River Valley, as well as
from possible smoke moving north from Central America fires.

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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.