DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z June 1, 2019
SMOKE: Western Canada/South Central Canada/Northern Plains/Midwest/Ohio River Valley/Mid Atlantic/New England/Southeastern Canada... The recent fire activity in Northwestern Canada in Northern Alberta Province large complex fires observed over the past few weeks has spread smoke long distances along with the upper level flow off to the south and east over most of Northwestern Canada/ South Central Canada/Northern Plains/ Midwest/ Ohio River Valley/ Mid Atlantic/New England/ and into Southeastern Canada. Light density smoke was observed across most of these regions. Moderate density smoke was observed over Northwestern Canada, South Central Canada, the Northern Plains, Midwest, Ohio River Valley, Tennessee River Valley, the Mid-Atlantic, and across most of New York State as well as Southern New England. Heavy density smoke was observed as well across most of Alberta Province, Northwestern Canada, Southwestern/South Central Canada, into the Northern Plains, Midwest, and into the Northern Ohio River Valley. Several Agricultural burns were observed as well across portions of Eastern North Dakota, Northern South Dakota, and Western Minnesota. Light density smoke was observed as well from these small agricultural burns. The smoke from the Canadian fires is moving south and off to the east this evening. Arizona Several small fires in Central Arizona are releasing smoke in the region which is moving north this evening. Southwestern Mexico/ Northwestern Mexico/ Pacific/Gulf of Mexico... The latest GOES16 Visible imagery has indicated a diurnal increase in fire activity in Southwestern/Northwestern Mexico. Heavy density smoke was observed in the vicinity of several fires in Northwestern/Southwestern Mexico. Moderate density smoke was observed throughout portions of coastal Western Mexico along the Pacific by the fire activity. Light density smoke was observed in Northwestern/Southwestern Mexico further away from the fires into the Southern Gulf of California and into the Eastern Pacific offshore from Western Mexico. The smoke from these fires is slowly progressing off to the West and South this evening. Sambucci 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