Saturday, June 13, 2015

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z June 14, 2015

Oregon/California:
A wildfire in southwest Oregon and another wildfire in northwest
California that were seen in yesterday's satellite imagery continue
to produce light to moderate smoke plumes this afternoon/evening.
The wildfire, also known as Buckskin, in the southeastern corner of
Curry county Oregon was producing a light to moderate density smoke
plume and can be seen moving to the southwest and eventually offshore.
The other wildfire, called Saddle, along the northern Humboldt/Trinity
border in California was producing an area of light density smoke that
was moving eastward.

Nebraska/South Dakota:
Two areas of light density remnant smoke that were likely from Canadian
wildfires were observed over central Nebraska and the eastern portions
of South Dakota.  Both areas of light density smoke are slowly moving
to the northeast.

Mid-Atlantic Coast:
An area of light density residual smoke was seen near the Mid-Atlantic
Coast moving offshore to the southeast.  Convection along the Virginia
and North Carolina coastline obscured the full extent of the smoke.
This area of smoke is a combination of smoke from Canadian wildfires
and agricultural/prescribed burns in North Carolina.

Southwest Canada/Montana/Idaho/Washington:
A ribbon of light density remnant smoke from Canadian wildfires was seen
stretching from extreme eastern Washington, through northern Idaho,
northern Montana, southern Saskatchewan and into southern Manitoba.
A broad area of clouds north of this area of smoke limited the ability
to determine the full extent of this area of smoke.

Northwest Canada/Southeast Canada:
A large of area of light density remnant smoke was seen in Northwest
Canada and Southeast Canada as well as light-moderate-heavy density
smoke plumes associated with wildfires in the Northwest Territories.
This large area of light density  smoke spanned from northern Alberta,
through the eastern portions of the Northwest Territories, Nunavut,
across Hudson bay, Baffin Island, to the western coast of Greenland,
then southwards into southwestern Quebec. Within this area of light
density smoke, light-moderate-heavy density smoke plumes associated
with wildfires in the Northwest Territories were seen southeast of Great
Slave Lake.  All of these smoke plumes were moving to the southwest and
into northern Alberta.

-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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.