DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z June 29, 2011
Northwest Mexico/Arizona/New Mexico: A large area of moderate density remnant smoke is present over central Texas, all of the Texas panhandle, much of Oklahoma, and parts of south and west Kansas. Likely contributors to the remnant smoke are 1) Several fires along the Sierra Madre Occidental, 2) Several fires along the majority of the Sonora/Chihuahua border, 3) A large wildfire in the southeast quadrant of Arizona, and 4) Two large wildfires (including the Pacheco wildfire) in central New Mexico. The smoke was initially carried northward before extending east into southern Kansas and then south into Oklahoma/central Texas. US Atlantic Coast/Offshore: The Juniper Road wildfire in coastal North Carolina continues to produce thin density remnant smoke that stretches as far north as southern New Jersey and moderate density remnant smoke as far north as the central North Carolina coast. The smoke is additionally observed offshore in the western Atlantic. Northwest Territories/Lake Athabasca Vicinity: Large amounts of dense smoke continue to be emitted by the fires near Lake Athabasca with moderate dense smoke contributions coming from wildfires in southern Northwest Territories, too. The smoke is moving east across southeast Northwest Territories, Nunavut, northern Saskatchewan/Manitoba, and central Hudson Bay. Northwestern Alaska/Yukon Territory/NW Northwest Territories: Return flow across the pole has carried smoke from the Alberta/Saskatchewan/Northwest Territories fires north and then circulated it back down through northwest Alaska and into northern Yukon and Northwest Territories. Several fires also exist in central Yukon and Northwest Territories which are equally contributing to the thin and moderate density remnant smoke in the region. Ramirez THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS 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.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/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