DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z June 01, 2016
SMOKE: Alaska: A band of light to moderately dense smoke was visible this evening extending to the west coast of Alaska. The smoke was emanating from the Medfra Fire in south central Alaska located about 70km east of McGrath. Arizona: Several active fires in central Arizona were emitting thin to locally moderately dense smoke which covered portions of central Arizona and extended to the southwest into southwestern Arizona with the leading edge of the smoke reaching as far as northern Baja. Gulf: There is an area of smoke present in the southern Gulf of Mexico confined to the Bay of Campeche; it appeared to originate from the Yucatan Peninsula from agricultural burning. DUST: Based upon analysis using aerosol modeling, an area of possible dust or sulfates appears to be moving through the Northern Plains states. UNKNOWN AEROSOLS: There are two areas of unknown aerosols traveling off the Eastern Seaboard. Off the Southeastern Atlantic coast aerosols perhaps resulting from biomass burning either in Central America or Asia are traveling off the Florida and Georgia coast. The other area of unknown aerosols was observed moving off of the coast of New England; although, the type of aerosol was indeterminate. 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