DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z May 28, 2016
SMOKE Canada: An area of light to moderately dense remnant smoke from the Fort McMurray wildfire was seen this morning over northern Saskatchewan extending into southeast Northwest Territories. This smoke was lifting to the north. Gulf of Mexico: An area of light to moderately dense smoke was detected over the southwest Gulf of Mexico this morning from the Bay of Campeche and extending north. The smoke mostly reached as far north as 25N and was west of 90W. This smoke was from the continuing seasonal agricultural burning in the Yucatan and vicinity. Mid Atlantic and southern New England into the Atlantic: An area of aerosol was seen in morning satellite imagery from New Jersey and southeast New York eastward across southern New England and into the Atlantic south of Nova Scotia. Aerosol models suggest that this is a mostly sulfate with a little remnant smoke mixed in. This area of aerosol is moving to the east. Ruminski 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