Sunday, June 7, 2015

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z June 7, 2015

Central Canada:
A large range of light to heavy-density smoke is visible over a
considerable area of Canada this morning. Medium density smoke is visible
in British Columbia, Alberta, NW Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan,
and  Manitoba moving SE into the US, where a plume can be seen in North
Dakota. Pockets of lighter density smoke is visible in Nunavut and NW
Territories, as the heaviest smoke is visible at the sources of the
wildfire complexes in Alberta. Other contributors of this smoke include
wildfires in British Columbia and NW Territories.

Quebec/New England:
A large area of medium-density smoke is visible moving SE from Quebec
into the United States. Areas affected include Quebec, New York, Vermont,
New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachussetts, Maine, New
Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. This remnant smoke
originates from the wildfire complexes that have been burning for the last
few weeks in British Columbia, Alberta, NW Territories, and Saskatchewan.

Central/Southeast US:
An area of light-density remnant smoke is visible over the Midwest,
Southern Plains, Gulf coast, and Southeast US. Areas affected include
Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Kansas, Arkansas,
Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida. This smoke
originated from fires in the Southern Plains as well as remnant smoke
from agricultural fires burning in Central America. The smoke entering
Texas from Central America appears to be moving north as the smoke in
the Southern Plains appears to be moving east. Smoke dense enough to be
visible in both GOES-E and GOES-W imagery.

Idaho:
A plume of light-density smoke is visible this morning in SW Idaho due
to a wildfire that broke out there a couple days ago and appears to be
mostly stationary at sunrise, but appears to begin moving north.

Mexico:
An area of light-density smoke was seen in the southwestern region
of the Gulf of Mexico. This area of smoke is moving NW in the Gulf
and originated from oil exploration in the Bay of Campeche as well as
agricultural burns in Central America.

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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.