Sunday, May 29, 2016

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z May 30, 2016

SMOKE:
Alaska:
An area of thin density remnant smoke was observed over western and
northern Alaska.  This area of smoke has been relatively stationary
and most likely originated from fires in Siberia. A light to moderate
density smoke plume was seen traveling towards the southwest from a fire
that was about 30 kilometers northeast of Nikolai.

Canada:
An area of light density remnant smoke from the Fort McMurray wildfire
was seen over northeast Alberta, northwest Saskatchewan and southeast
Northwest Territories. The smoke coverage is likely greater but cloud
cover obscures the full extent.

Arizona/New Mexico:
Multiple light to heavy density smoke plumes were observed moving
towards the northeast in central Arizona and west-central New Mexico
from wildfires.

Gulf of Mexico:
An area of light smoke was detected over the southwest Gulf of Mexico
and was traveling towards the west. This smoke was from the continuing
seasonal agricultural burning in the Yucatan peninsula.

-Cronin


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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.