Friday, May 6, 2016

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

 


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.