DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z May 30, 2016
SMOKE: Alaska/Northwestern Canada: A plume of mainly thin density smoke was visible in the early morning images moving to the west from a fire in south central Alaska. The leading edge of smoke from this fire nearly reached the coast of western Alaska prior to 18Z. Other areas of aerosol which is likely leftover thin density smoke from fires in Siberia were seen across northern Alaska and far northwestern Canada as well as portions of the Beaufort Sea and the Bering Strait. Arizona: Several active fires were producing visible smoke just after sunrise with patches of mainly thin density smoke analyzed from central Arizona to near the Arizona-New Mexico border. Bay of Campeche/Western Gulf of Mexico/Southern Texas: A swath of thin density smoke attributed to ongoing seasonal burning occurring over portions of southeastern Mexico and Central America was visible over the southern portion of the Bay of Campeche and extending to the north and northwest over the far western Gulf of Mexico and inland over eastern Mexico possibly reaching into southern Texas. JS 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