DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300 June 3, 2017
SMOKE: Central and Southern Canada/Area from the Great Lakes Region to the Mid Atlantic and Northeast... Swaths of leftover thin density smoke attributed to recent wildfire activity especially over northern Alberta in western Canada and seasonal agricultural burning primarily across southern Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba could be seen during the day stretching from southeastern Nunavut, western Hudson Bay, and northeastern Manitoba southward over Ontario to the western Great Lakes Region. The smoke then spread southeastward across Ohio and West Virginia to the Mid-Atlantic Region and the southern portion of the Northeastern US and offshore. A narrow separate ribbon of thin density smoke was also visible over the lower portion of Hudson Bay and eastern to southern Ontario and across New York State to Pennsylvania and New Jersey. This was also believed to be from the aforementioned recent fire activity over portions of Canada. Mexico/Western and Southern Texas... A large number of fires continued to be detected in satellite imagery across western Mexico resulting in significant plumes of moderate to thick density smoke which spread quickly to the northeast reaching central Mexico. The huge area of smoke then thinned out as it moved farther to the northeast across northern Mexico reaching at least as far north as western and southern Texas. DUST: Caribbean/Yucatan Peninsula/Southern Gulf of Mexico... The area of thin Saharan dust which had been tracked for days was no longer visible early this evening due to widespread cloudiness covering the Yucatan Peninsula and much of the Gulf of Mexico. UNKNOWN AEROSOL: South Central Canada/North Central US... An area of thin density aerosol of unknown composition and origin could be seen along and west of a frontal boundary stretching from southeastern Saskatchewan southward over eastern Montana and northern Wyoming. It is possible that some leftover smoke from recent agricultural fire activity in south central Canada may be present along with possible blowing dust kicked up by stronger winds behind the front though this is not certain. JS 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