DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z June 11 2016
SMOKE: Middle Mississippi Valley: An area of light density smoke that amalgamated from multiple small plumes of smoke is present in the Mid Mississippi valley and is traveling north. The smoke is the result of agricultural burning in the southern Mississippi valley spanning from Louisiana northeast into Illinois. Southern Plains/Mid-West: Light density remnant smoke is present in the Southern Plains states rotating around a high pressure system northeast toward the Mid-West. Northwest Territories/Alberta/Saskatchewan: An area of light density remnant smoke was observed in the central portions of the Northwest Territories, northern Alberta and northern Saskatchewan. This area of smoke likely originated from wildfires in Alaska. South-central Canada: An area of light density remnant smoke likely from fires in northeast Alberta and Saskatchewan was seen traveling east into southern Manitoba and western Ontario. DUST: Gulf of Mexico: A widespread unknown aerosol likely composed primarily of Saharan dust was seen throughout the Gulf of Mexico. The optical thickness of this aerosol increases in the southwestern portion of the Gulf of Mexico and is likely the result of mixing between Saharan dust and emissions from oil rigs in the Bay of Campeche. -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