DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z June 29, 2016
SMOKE: Northwestern Canada: Moderately dense to locally thick smoke could be seen emanating from firs in the central portion of the Yukon in northwestern Canada as well as the western and southern parts of the Northwest Territories and northern Saskatchewan. Alaska: Fires were still evident in west central Alaska through the afternoon though only a little information could be obtained on the extent of the smoke in satellite imagery due to cloudiness in the region. California: A thin density aerosol was visible across a portion of southern and central California which may be remnant smoke from the Erskine Fire in southern California though it is not certain due to interference from cloudiness in the region. See section below for a description of aerosol/smoke which as visible from South Central Canada to the Southern Plains of the US earlier this morning. Cloudiness developed across portions of this region today which limited additional information on the smoke from satellite imagery. DUST: Caribbean/Bay of Campeche: An aerosol which is believed to be Saharan dust was present stretching from the Caribbean westward over the Yucatan Peninsula to the Bay of Campeche. JS Earlier This Morning... SMOKE: South Central Canada to the Southern Plains States: A large area of thin remnant smoke extended from portions of northern Manitoba west towards central Alberta and then south through Central and Southern Plains. Within this, an area of moderate density smoke was seen over southeastern Colorado and was likely from the fire activity over north central Colorado. Further north, an area of moderate density smoke was seen over portions of central Manitoba and southern Alberta. This is likely from recent fire activity over northern Alberta, northern Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories. Alaska: An area of remnant smoke extended from eastern Alaska through portions of central Alaska and was likely from recent fire activity over central Alaska. Hanna 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