DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z May 6, 2016
SMOKE: Western to Central Canada/North Central US to Southeastern US/Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic: A large area of smoke associated mainly with the wildfires burning near Ft. McMurray in eastern Alberta and a few additional wildfires in far western Alberta and eastern British Columbia was visible covering a large portion of the area stretching from western to south central Canada and extending southward across the eastern sections of the Central Plains, Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee Valleys, across southerns sections of the Southeast US and into the Gulf of Mexico/southwest Atlantic. While much of the area was covered by mostly thin to moderate density smoke, very thick smoke was noted near the actual fires and downwind to the east/southeast of the fires in western/central Canada. Currently, a new wildfire located on the border of southeast Manitoba and southwest Ontario is producing light to moderately dense smoke and is contributing to the overall smoke across southern Canada. J Kibler 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