DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z June 7, 2015
Central/Eastern Canada/ Northern Plains/New England: A broad area of light density residual smoke was observed throughout Central Canada, the Northern Plains, Eastern Canada and New England. Widespread clouds partially obscured the extent of this broad area of smoke but a general outline of smoke could be seen in the Northwest Territories, Alberta, Saskatchewan, northern Montana, western North Dakota, western/northern portions of Manitoba, southern portions of Hudson Bay, northern Ontario, western Quebec, and into the western portions of New England. Just west of this area of smoke was several wildfires that were producing moderate density smoke plumes traveling east in northern British Columbia, southeast Yukon, and southwestern Northwest Territories. Within the broad area of residual smoke, substantial wildfires were producing heavy density smoke plumes in northern Alberta. Southern Plains/Northern Gulf of Mexico: An area of light density remnant smoke was seen over the Southern Plains, and the northern portions of the Gulf of Mexico approximately from the eastern Texas coastline to Mississippi delta. This smoke originated from fires in the Southern Plains as well as remnant smoke that crossed the Gulf of Mexico from agricultural fires in Central America. This area of smoke is relatively stationary and rotating clockwise over the Southern Plains. Bay of Campeche: Remnant light density smoke was seen in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. This area of smoke was moving southward and originated from oil exploration in the Bay of Campeche and agricultural/prescribed burns in Central America. -Cronin 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