DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z June 16, 2015
Alaska/Yukon: Light to moderately dense smoke encompasses most of southern coastal areas of Alaska as well as farther inland over southwestern Yukon in Canada this morning. Several large wildfires have contributed to this area of smoke including the Sockeye fire (in Willow, AK), Tanana Slough fire in eastern Alaska, Card Street fire (on the Kenai Peninsula of AK), Can Creek fire (near Lime Village, AK) along with additional fires in southwestern Yukon. Area of remnant smoke is generally drifting to the west-southwest. Central Canada/Western Great Lakes: Between the cloud cover, two elongated areas of remnant light smoke are analyzed across portions of central Canada and western Great Lakes region. Smoke extends as far south as northeastern Minnesota and western upper peninsula of Michigan. Most of the smoke across Canada is focused over Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, southern portions of Northwest Territories and Nunavut provinces as well as over southern Hudson Bay. Gulf of Mexico: A small area of thin smoke is seen drifting westward across the eastern Gulf of Mexico (west-southwest of Tampa, FL). This area of smoke is believed to have originated from a fire observed yesterday east of Lake Okeechobee near the Dupuis Reserve in southeast Florida. West Coast: Area of remnant light smoke seen tracking east across southern Oregon, northeast California, northwestern Nevada this morning. Smoke is believed to be primarily associated with the Buckskin fire in southwestern Oregon, although there were a few other fires in the region yesterday that may have provided some contribution to the overall smoke plume. 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