Monday, June 4, 2012

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

 


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.