DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z June 9, 2015
Central Canada/Central US: A vast area of light/moderate/heavy remnant smoke from Canadian wildfires was observed moving southeast into the Great Lakes and Midwest regions this afternoon/evening. Cloud cover partially obscured the full extent of the light density remnant smoke associated with this area of smoke but the general outline of smoke spanned from Nunavut into Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Hudson Bay, western Ontario, northern Quebec, the eastern portions of the Northern Plains, the Great Lakes states and into the Midwestern states as far east as Indiana. Within this area of light density smoke, moderate density smoke was seen over Manitoba, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois. Heavy smoke covered southeastern Manitoba, northern Minnesota and Wisconsin. This extensive area of smoke primarily originated from wildfires in central Saskatchewan, and northern Alberta. Wildfires in west-central Alberta, and northern British Columbia contributed to two light to moderate smoke plumes moving eastward. -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