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. Oegerle 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