DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1745Z June 20, 2012
Northwest Mexico/Central US: An area of mostly thin-density smoke could be seen stretching from the Four Corners region of the US/northwest Mexico northeastward into eastern Iowa. Clouds over the central region of the US interfered with being able to see the full extent of the smoke during the early morning hours. There was also a thin ribbon of moderately-dense smoke originating from the Poco fire in Arizona, extended southeastward into Chihuahua, Mexico. Tennessee: A small area of thin-density smoke could be seen tracking northward across central Tennessee. This smoke likely originated from the Dad fire in North Carolina and had wrapped around the area of high pressure. Northeast Canada: Thin-to-moderately dense smoke could be seen along the coast of Newfoundland/Labrador moving in both the eastward/northern directions. This smoke likely originated from the large wildfires burning in Newfoundland. Cloud cover did hinder additional detection of smoke in this region. 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