DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z June 1, 2019
SMOKE:
Western Canada/South Central Canada/Southeastern Canada/Northern Tier
of the U.S./Central/Eastern/Southeastern 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 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, and 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. Bands of moderate to heavy dense
smoke made its way towards the Southeast into states such as Tennessee,
northern MS/AL/GA, and across to the Carolinas eventually stretching out
into the Atlantic. 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...
Due to clouds in the region, usual fire and smoke activity were not
as visible.
Rodriguez
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