DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z June 28, 2016

SMOKE:
California:
A broad area of thin density smoke mainly from the Erskin Fire in the
southern Sierra Nevada mountains of south central California was visible
streaming from off the southern California coast inland over southern
and central California, much of Nevada and Utah, and over southern Idaho
and southwestern Wyoming.

Central US:
An area of leftover detached light density smoke associated mostly
with the Crow Peak Fire in the Black Hills of western South Dakota was
analyzed from southern South Dakota and northern and eastern Nebraska,
to Iowa and central Illinois.  Some of the smoke later in the day around
sunset was analyzed as it was being advected into the state of Wyoming.

Alaska and Northwestern Canada:
A few patches of aerosol which is likely composed of at least some
leftover detached thin density smoke were visible over portions of
the Yukon, Northwest Territories and is traveling into the province of
Saskatchewan . This smoke is likely due to a combination of a few fires
in the Yukon as well as fire activity in west central Alaska.

Colorado and Southeast Nebraska
Light, moderate and thick density smoke is seen emanating from fires
in the vicinity of the northeast Colorado/southeast Wyoming/ northwest
Nebraska border traveling into the state of Colorado.

Louisiana:
Smoke from fires along the gulf coast was being transported offshore in
a southerly direction.

DUST:
Caribbean:
A region of possible Saharan dust could still be seen over the Caribbean
Sea spreading to the west.

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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/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

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.