DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z May 31, 2016
SMOKE: Alaska/Northwestern Canada: A plume of light to moderately dense smoke was seen this evening from a fire in south central Alaska about 70km east of McGrath. The smoke was moving to the northwest. Arizona: Several active fires in central Arizona were producing moderately dense smoke that covered much of the central part of the state. The smoke was swirling around an upper level low pressure system with some of the smoke moving to the southwest and other portions moving to the north. Bay of Campeche/Western Gulf of Mexico/Southern Texas: A patch of thin 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 this evening. UNKNOWN An unknown aerosol was detected over the southern Gulf of California and extending to the northeast into central Sonora state in northwest Mexico. This area of aerosol was moving to the northeast. 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