DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z June 23, 2016
SMOKE: Southwest US/Central Plains Wildfires in the southwestern US are responsible for a large area of thin density remnant smoke extending from the four corners region east over the central plains and into Illinois, Indiana, and western Kentucky. Canada/North Central US An expansive area of light density remnant smoke is observed in satellite imagery stretching from Yukon Territory east over Northwest Territories and southern Nunavut, and then south over nearly all of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario. The remnant smoke continues into the northern U.S. over parts of North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and the Great Lakes. Ribbons of moderately dense smoke are embedded within the plume, and they stretch northwest to southeast over western Manitoba into northwest Minnesota, and western Ontario to over Lake Superior. This smoke likely originated from two recent wildfires southwest of Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories. Ramirez 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