DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0315Z May 22, 2016
SMOKE: A large area of thin to moderate density smoke covered much of Canada from British Columbia extending east to towards western Quebec. From there the smoke extends south towards Kentucky west to Missouri. Another area of smoke was over Nova Scotia and New Foundland that extended southeast into the Northwest Atlantic. The source of the majority of this smoke is the fires near Fort McMurray. An area of smoke also covered much of the Western Gulf of Mexico and extended north into the Southern Plains. The source of this smoke was fire activity over Mexico. Over portions of the Northeast Pacific, an area of smoke was moving east towards portions of British Columbia. The source of this was fire activity over Siberia. DUST: Southwest: An area of blowing dust was observed from portions of southwest Colorado and southeast Utah extending southwest towards Arizona and southern California and far northwest Mexico. Hanna 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