DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z June 15, 2015
Southeast/Mid-Atlantic: An area of light remnant smoke is seen this morning hugging the coast from the Delmarva peninsula south to northeastern Florida and out over the Atlantic. This area of smoke is believed to be some of the leftover smoke that traveled down from Canada along with more local agricultural/prescribed burns that have been occurring in North and South Carolinas. Eastern Canada: Another area of light remnant smoke from the Canadian wildfires is seen drifting east-southeast over Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. Western & Central Canada/Northern Plains: Broken up into separate areas due to cloud cover, light remnant smoke is seen over portions of the northern plains, central and western Canada. The largest and most continuous area is analyzed across northern Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana and extending up into Alberta province. A second is located over Manitoba and southwestern Hudson Bay. The third and smallest area of remnant smoke is primarily confined to eastern Northwest Territories. Due to the large amount of cloud cover across Canada this morning, there is likely more elevated smoke that could not be identified at this time. West Coast: A narrow plume of thin density remnant smoke is tracking to the northeast from northeastern California over portions of southwestern Oregon. Smoke is believed to have originated from two wildfires in the area; the Saddle fire in northeastern California and the Buckskin fire in southwest Oregon. Alaska: Plume of remnant light to moderately dense smoke extends just north of Anchorage to the west-southwest over northern portions of Kodiak Island and towards the Bering Sea. Smoke can be traced back to the Sockeye wildfire located in Willow, AK. Warren 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