DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z June 11, 2012
Central US/Great Lakes/New England Coast: A very large and extensive area of remnant smoke continues to be seen this evening through the US Plains in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico eastward into the Great Lakes region and then off the southern New England coastline. Several large wildfires continue to burn in the western US in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and in northern Mexico which is making for this very large area of remnant smoke through about 1/3 of the US. Northern Colorado/Nebraska/Dakotas: The High Park wildfire in northern Colorado is producing an extremely long and very dense smoke plume that is just reaching the border of Minnesota this evening as it moves through northeastern Nebraska/South Dakota and into extreme southeastern North Dakota. New Mexico/West Texas: The Little Bear fire in south/central New Mexico is producing a large and very dense smoke plume this evening that is stretching into the Texas Panhandle and nearing the Oklahoma border. The Whitewater-Baldy wildfire has a smoke plume that is stretching about 200 miles east of its source point into central New Mexico. Northern Mexico: Fires burning through the states of Sonora and Chihuahua area seen with large smoke plumes extending from their source points tonight reaching into parts of southern Arizona and then into extreme southern New Mexico and southwest Texas. Eastern Gulf of Mexico: The same area of unknown aerosol mentioned in this morning's text product can still be seen this evening moving slowing to the west in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Its origin continues to be unknown at this time. Blowing Dust: Central/Eastern Colorado: A large area of blowing dust can be seen through much of the front rage of Colorado this evening and moving towards the east/northeast. With two large wildfires also in the region, the blowing dust and smoke are mixing together through eastern Colorado and into Kansas and southwestern Nebraska. -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