DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z May 25, 2016
Northern Canada: An area of unknown composition is located over Yukon Territory/Northwest Territories and is moving east. Models suggest this may be a combination of biomass burning and blowing dust/sand transported from Asia. The Fort McMurray fire continues to emit large amounts of moderately dense to dense smoke which is moving to the east. Two areas of light density smoke, which are likely detached plumes from the Fort McMurray fire, are located over northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba. US: A large area of light smoke is located of the eastern seaboard of the United States extending from Virginia to Maine. The origin of this smoke is difficult to ascertain due to numerous possible sources including: Mexican and Central American agricultural burning, wildfires in Arizona and Canada. -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