DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z June 4, 2012
Southwest and Western US/Texas/Northwest Mexico: An expansive area of smoke could be seen this morning stretching from northwest Mexico/Texas northwestward into Nevada and Idaho. There were two areas of moderately-dense smoke; the first area of smoke expanded westward into Arizona from the Baldy-Whitewater fire in New Mexico, and the second area was seen in northeast Chihuahua, Mexico extending northeastward across central Texas. Thin-density smoke, most likely remnants from the Baldy-Whitewater,Sunrise Mine, and Mexico fires, covered a much larger area and was visible as far north as Nevada/Idaho and as far east as Missouri/Illinois. Alaska/Yukon/Northwest Territories: An area of thin-density smoke could be seen stretching from the Northwest Territories westward into eastern Alaska. This smoke is likely remnants from the wildfires that have been burning in the Northwest Territories the past several days. Vogt 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