DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z June 13, 2015
Southwest Canada/Montana/Idaho: An area of light to moderate smoke was seen crossing from extreme southeast British Columbia into southern Alberta and southwest Saskatchewan and spilling over into adjoining Montana and Idaho. This smoke is from wildfires furthern north in Canada that has gotten pulled southward around a large area of low pressure spanning much of central Canada. Extensive clouds associated with this storm system prohibit further smoke detection in much of Canada west of Hudson Bay. California/Oregon: A pair of fires in northwest California and extreme southwest Oregon were generating area of mostly light smoke overnight and this morning. Smoke from the fire in Oregon along the Curry/Josephine county border just north of the California state line was moving to the southwest and offshore where it then turned south moving as far south as the San Francisco Bay area. The fire in California is along the northern Humboldt/Trinity county border. Smoke had settled into the valley into the morning. Midwest: An area of light remnant smoke from the extensive agricultural burning in the lower Mississippi Valley was detected lifting to the north over much of Illinois and Indiana and extending into western Ohio. South Central and Southeast Canada: A patch of light smoke was seen lifting to the northeast around Lake Winnipeg. A broad area of light remnant smoke from the wildfires in northwest Canada was seen stretching across most of Ontario into southern Quebec and northern New England. Ruminski 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