DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1541Z June 8, 2015
Central Canada/Central US: An expansive area of light – moderate – heavy remnant smoke that has originated from several very large wildfires in central Canada continues to push south and east this morning. Morning satellite imagery show the extent of light density smoke extending from eastern Northwest Territories and western/southern Hudson Bay south and east over portions of the central plains and western Great Lakes. Moderate dense smoke extends from central Manitoba province across eastern North Dakota, northeastern South Dakota, Minnesota, northern and western Iowa, and western Wisconsin. Heavy dense smoke appears to be mostly concentrated across southern Manitoba and portions of northwestern Minnesota. Cloud cover moving in across Saskatchewan is preventing the ability to detect all the remnant smoke across central Canada at this time. Only a small area was able to be seen farther west between the clouds over northern Alberta/northeast British Columbia. Warren 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