DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z June 20, 2012
Smoke: Carolinas: Fires in eastern North Carolina are creating moderately dense smoke which is moving to the south. Remnant smoke from these fires has remained off the coast and moved east into South Carolina and northern Georgia. Central US: A large area of light to moderately dense remnant smoke remains seated over the central US, namely Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Iowa. New Mexico: The Little Bear fire is generating a large amount of smoke which has become dense as the day has progressed. The smoke is fanning out to the northeast and south and skirts the Texas/New Mexico border. Colorado: The Little Sand Fire complex is generating large amounts of dense smoke which is fanning circling out to the south and east. The High Park fire in Larimer County has begun to emit large amounts of moderately dense to dense smoke which is moving very rapidly to the northeast. The smoke goes through western Nebraska and reaches the northeast corner of South Dakota almost crossing into Minnesota. Arizona: The Poco Fire in Gila County is generating dense smoke which is spreading out to the east reaching halfway through New Mexico. Nevada: The North Schell fire is producing light to moderately dense smoke which extends through Utah into southwestern Wyoming. 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. Blowing Dust: California: Blowing dust/sand can be seen originating in western Imperial County and traveling to the east. This blowing dust/sand begins at 19/1915Z and continues through sunset. Nevada: A large area of blowing dust/sand originates from north-central Churchill County. This begins at 19/2115Z and continues through sunset. Texas: Blowing dust/sand seems to originate just north of Midland-Odessa and extends north into southeastern Colorado. The dist first becomes visible at 19/1915Z and remains visible through sunset. Mexico: In northern Baja California, an area of blowing dust begins at 19/2115Z and continues through sunset. -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