DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1745Z June 6 2016
SMOKE: Arizona/Northwest Mexico: Wildfires in central Arizona continue to produce smoke this morning with remnant thin smoke extending from southern Utah south and southeast through north and east Arizona, west and southwest New Mexico, and far western Texas. Additional thin to moderately dense smoke can be seen across northwestern Mexico and the Gulf of California. In addition to the Arizona wildfires, numerous fires in the mountainous regions of northwest Mexico have led to the excess smoke. Northern Plains/Midwest: Light residual smoke is seen moving southeast through portions of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, and South Dakota. The source region of this smoke is likely fire activity that is over northern Alberta. Alaska: Remnant smoke likely from fire activity over Siberia could be seen drifting southward across northwestern Alaska. A few active wildfires in Alaska had also produced remnant smoke that has wrapped southward and then westward across west Alaska and the Aleutians back towards the Kamchatka Peninsula. A small patch of thin smoke was also present just south of the Aleutians near Kodiak Island. DUST: Southeast US/Eastern Gulf/East Coast: A significant amount of dust that is likely Saharan in nature can be seen across the central and eastern Gulf, off the Southeast US, and stretching northward through a band of clouds along the Eastern Seaboard off the coast of New England. The dust is being pulled northward by Tropical Storm Colin. Sheffler 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