DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0215Z June 6, 2012
Southwestern United States: Smoke from the Whitewater-Baldy fire continues to be seen across the majority of central New Mexico through portions of west and central Texas. An area of heavy, dense smoke could be seen later this afternoon close to the fire through the western New Mexico region and moving towards the east. Utah/Wyoming/Colorado: Several wildfires that started yesterday across central/southern Utah were producing a large amount of heavy smoke this afternoon and evening through much of central and eastern Utah and into northwest Colorado and southwestern Wyoming. Another wildfire in southwest Colorado was also seen this evening producing a large amount of dense smoke and moving towards the northeast into central Colorado. Northern Mexico: Numerous fires that continue to burn through portions of northern/northwestern Mexico can be seen producing a few large areas of smoke this evening. The fires furthest to the north in Mexico have smoke reaching the southwest border of Texas. Northwest Territories: Several fires that have been burning through the Northwest Territories over the past few days can be seen continuing to burn today and producing moderately dense smoke through that region. Even some remnant smoke can be seen moving towards the northwest towards the border of Yukon. Blowing dust in the United States: Arizona: A large area of blowing dust that has origins of just to the northeast of Flagstaff can be seen moving towards the northeast into portions of southeast Utah/northwest New Mexico and western Colorado. Utah: A few areas of blowing dust can be seen through southern/southwestern Utah. Northwesterly winds in that region just behind the cold front are pushing these areas towards the south/southeast. California: A small area of blowing dust can be seen moving towards the southwest from just to the north of Death Valley. Belge 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