DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z May 11, 2016
SMOKE: Northeastern North America: A large area of remnant light smoke from wildfires in Canada persists over the Canadian Provinces of Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec as well as the northeastern US states of New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Alberta/Saskatchewan: The wildfire near Ft.McMurray flared up in the afternoon according to shortwave IR after being not active or smoldering this morning. A heavy density smoke plume was seen emanating to the south from this wildfire. Gulf of Mexico/Texas/Lower Mississippi River Valley: An expansive area of light density residual smoke spanned from the Yucatan Peninsula across the western Gulf of Mexico into the eastern slopes of the Sierra Madre Oriental Mountain Range in eastern Mexico and as far northwest as a dryline analyzed in west Texas. This residual smoke also extended north into central and eastern Texas and eastern Oklahoma as well as the Lower Mississippi River Valley. This area of smoke originated from extensive seasonal burning in Central America. -Cronin 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