DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z 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 continues to emit heavy density smoke which is emanating to the south through Alberta into Montana. Gulf of Mexico/Texas/Oklahoma: A large area of light smoke can be seen over northeastern Mexico, most of Texas and central Oklahoma. This is likely remnant smoke from agricultural burns in Mexico and Central America. A large fire in the western panhandle of TX continues to emit light smoke which is moving to the east. -Salemi 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