DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1900Z June 19, 2012
Smoke: Carolinas: A large wildfire in eastern North Carolina is creating dense smoke which is moving to the south. Remnant smoke from this fire has remained off the coast and moved east into South Carolina. Central US: A large area of light to moderately dense remnant smoke is located over the central US. This smoke is likely from the fires in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Mexico. The smoke extends from central Utah, through Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, southern Minnesota, Iowa, northern Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. Colorado: The Little Sand Fire complex is generating light to moderately dense smoke which is fanning out to the north. The High Park fire in Larimer County was fanning out light to moderately dense smoke to the east this morning but has shifted to the north. Arizona: The Poco Fire in Gila County is creating light to moderately dense smoke which is moving northeast into northwestern New Mexico. Hawaii: A fire on the southern coast of the Big Island of Hawaii is producing light to moderately dense smoke which is moving east off the island. Canada: Large areas of light smoke continue to circulate over the waters north of Labrador. This is likely remnant smoke from the large fires in Labrador and northern Quebec. -Salemi 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