Wednesday, June 20, 2012

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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.