DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z June 1, 2019
SMOKE:
Western Canada/South Central Canada/Southeastern Canada/Northern Tier
of the U.S./Central and Eastern U.S...
Large complex wildfires are continuing to burn especially in the northern
part of Alberta Province with a few others in northern British Columbia
and the southeast Yukon. These fires were still actively emitting
very dense smoke during the day which appeared to fan out in multiple
directions. Smoke transport from these fires has been exceptional with
smoke covering much of Western Canada as well as South Central and
extreme Southeastern Canada. The smoke also was affecting a sizable
portion of the U.S. with smoke blanketing the entire northern tier of
the U.S. from Washington and Oregon eastward to the Northeastern U.S and
extending southward over much of the Central and Eastern U.S. from the
Central Plains to the Mid-Atlantic region. The thickest smoke appeared
to be over virtually all of Alberta, the western and southern part of
Saskatchewan, northeast British Columbia, and in a band extending from
Montana eastward to Lake Superior and the U.P. of Michigan. Rather dense
smoke also stretched from the Northern and Central Plains eastward to the
Northeastern U.S. Much smaller seasonal fires over eastern North Dakota,
western Minnesota, and over the border to the north in nearby southern
Canada were producing localized smoke plumes which moved quickly to the
south and southwest.
Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Texas/Pacific offshore from Mexico...
Rather widespread cloudiness developed across a good portion of Mexico,
Central America, and the offshore waters to the north and south of those
regions which limited additional information on the extent and density
of any smoke which is likely still present over some of this area from
the ongoing seasonal burning and wildfire activity.
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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/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg
GIS: ftp://satpsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/FIRE/HMS/GIS/
KML: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/fire.kml (fire)
http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/smoke.kml (smoke)
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO:
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov