DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z June 10 2016
SMOKE: Alaska/Northwestern Canada: A light density smoke plume originating from the Kuyukutuk River Fire in southwest Alaska was covering the majority of central Alaska and spreading east. A thin patch of light density smoke was seen throughout northwest British Columbia, southern Yukon, and the southeast Northwest Territory. Southwestern Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche: An area of remnant thin smoke was seen in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico and the Bay of Campeche. The potential source of this remnant smoke could be seasonal burning from Central American prescribed/agricultural burns but is most likely remnant emissions from oil rigs in the Bay of Campeche. Southern Plains/Central Plains: An area of light density remnant smoke likely from wildfires in the US Southwest was observed over the Southern Plains, Central Plains and into the Midwest and was moving generally clockwise around a high pressure to the east. Arizona: Multiple light to heavy density smoke plumes were observed from wildfires in central Arizona and were primarily moving to the east. Northeast/Great Lakes: A ribbon of remnant light density smoke stretched from the Great Lakes region southeast through Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and off the coast into the Atlantic. This remnant smoke is from the wildfires in northeast Alberta and along the Alberta/Saskatchewan border. -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