DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z June 8, 2015
Central Canada: A broad area of light to moderate density smoke was visible in central Canada this afternoon/evening in GOES-13/GOES-15 imagery. This area of smoke was seen moving to the southeast and covered the Northwest Territories, northern Alberta, Saskatchewan, western portions of Manitoba and eastern North Dakota. The full extent of this area of smoke can not be determined due to clouds obscuring British Columbia and convection creating cloud cover over eastern Manitoba. Several wildfires that contributed to this area of smoke were observed in the Northwest Territories, northern Alberta, and the northern/central portions of Saskatchewan. Heavy density smoke plumes as well as pyrocumulus clouds could be seen emerging from wildfires near Lac La Ronge Provincial Park in north-central Saskatchewan. Several more heavy density smoke plumes could also be seen moving southeast in northwestern Saskatchewan and northern Alberta. Southern Plains/US Southeast: Residual light density smoke continues to be observed over the Southern Plains and the US Southeast. This area of smoke was likely from agricultural/prescribed burns in the Southern Plains, and seasonal burns in Central America that produced smoke which traversed the Gulf of Mexico. The movement of this smoke appears to be relatively stationary but gradually advecting eastward. Gulf of Mexico: An area of light density remnant smoke was seen in the southwest portions of the Gulf of Mexico. This remnant smoke originated from oil rigs in the Bay of Campeche and seasonal burning 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