DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1845Z June 5, 2019
SMOKE: South Central Canada/Northern Plains/Midwest/Great Lakes/Ohio Valley/Mid-Atlantic... Large complex fires burning across portions of Northern/Central Alberta Province are still burning but at a slower rate. The smoke from these fires has spread 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, and offshore of the Mid-Atlantic. Light density smoke was observed across most of these regions. Moderately dense smoke was observed over South Central Canada. Southwestern/Northwestern Mexico... Wildfire activity and seasonal burning present in Southwestern/Northwestern Mexico has spread light density smoke across most portions of the region and along coastal Western Mexico. The smoke is being carried northward to southwestern Texas. YL 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