DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z June 15, 2015

Western Canada/Central Canada:
Several areas of light to moderate remnant smoke from wildfires
in northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories were observed in
Western/Central Canada this afternoon/evening.  An area of moderate
density remnant smoke was seen moving westward into central British
Columbia over Prince George.  Another area of light density remnant smoke
was seen moving eastward in southern Alberta, northern Montana, North
Dakota, far northwestern Minnesota, the southwest corner of Manitoba and
the southern portions of Saskatchewan. Clouds were interspersed within
these areas of smoke and in general cloud coverage throughout most of
Canada made it difficult to determine the full extent of each area of
smoke. Clouds currently obscure the wildfires southeast of Great Slave
Lake, although earlier in the day they were emitting smoke plumes that
consisted of light/moderate/heavy density smoke to the southwest.

Eastern Canada/Maine:
A broad area of light density smoke that originated from Canadian
wildfires was observed over eastern Canada and became more diffuse as
it moved eastward.  This area of light density smoke spanned most of
Quebec, Maine, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and
eventually offshore.

-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.