DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z June 13, 2015
Canada/Northern Plains/Great Lakes: A widespread area of light to moderate residual smoke from Canadian wildfires was seen throughout most of Canada, the Northern Plains and Great Lakes region. Light density residual smoke was observed in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, southern Manitoba, Hudson Bay, Quebec, Ontario, and as far north as Baffin Island. Within the US, this area of light density smoke was seen in northern Michigan, northern Wisconsin, northern Minnesota, northern South Dakota and North Dakota. Cloud coverage in western Canada and the US Central Plains obscured the full extent of this area of light density smoke. Two smaller areas of moderate density residual smoke were observed in central Saskatchewan and the western portions of Lake Superior. The majority of smoke is likely associated with wildfires in Canada from the previous few days. Washington: An area of blowing dust was observed in Adams county Washington this afternoon/evening in GOES-13 imagery. This area of dust was moving eastward into Latah and Benewah counties in Idaho. -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