DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z June 28, 2015
SMOKE: Western US: An area of light density smoke that encompassed southern British Columbia, Washington, Idaho, Nevada and western Utah continues to drift to the north-northeast. This area of diffuse smoke originated from wildfires in the southwest. Central Canada/US: A large area of light to heavy density smoke is visible over majority of central Canada and US. This smoke originates from the numerous wildfires in southwestern/central Alaska as well as the southern portions of the Northwest Territories, northern Alberta, northern Saskatchewan. The heaviest smoke is visible in NW Territories, Nunavut, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska. Medium density-smoke is visible in British Columbia, NW Territories, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Michigan, Indiana, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa. Lighter density remnant smoke expanded into British Columbia, Alberta, Montana, Saskatchewan, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana. Several impressive dense smoke plumes were seen in central/northern portions of Alberta and Saskatchewan and were moving to the south-southeast. Alaska: An area of light to medium density smoke is visible moving NW from the sources of several wildfires located in western and central Alaska. Eastern Canada: A plume of medium-density smoke is visible off Labrador moving NE into the Atlantic Ocean. This smoke originates from the numerous wildfires burning in Alaska and Canada. Florida: A small plume of residual light smoke from yesterday's fires is visible moving NE near Lake Okeechobee into the Atlantic Ocean this morning. DUST Gulf of Mexico: Remnant Saharan dust is visible in a majority of the Gulf of Mexico, notably in the NW off the coast of Texas moving slightly north. It is possible that there may be smoke mixed in with the dust, as there has been signs of oil exploration in the Bay of Campeche. Oegerle 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