DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z May 29, 2016
SMOKE Canada: An area of light to moderately dense remnant smoke from the Fort McMurray wildfire was seen over northern Saskatchewan, extended into southeast Northwest Territories, and was observed lifting to the north. Desert Southwest: An area of light, moderate and heavy smoke was seen emanating from fires in Arizona and was being transported to the north. Gulf of Mexico: An area of light to moderately dense smoke was detected over the southwest Gulf of Mexico from the Bay of Campeche. 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 peninsula. Mid Atlantic and southern New England into the Atlantic: An area of aerosol was seen in 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; however, the aerosols are diffuse and the full extent of area is challenging to discern. This area of aerosol is moving to the east over the Eastern Seaboard. Sandusky 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