DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z June 24, 2012
Smoke: US: A large area of light smoke covers the US from New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana all the way to the Atlantic Ocean. Colorado: The Weber, Little Sand, Springer and High Park fires continue to generate large amounts of dense smoke which is moving to the east. Utah: The Grease and Dump fires area producing light to moderately dense smoke which is moving northeast. Wyoming: Dense smoke is being emitted from the Russels Camp fire. This smoke is moving east into central South Dakota. Canada: Numerous fires in Labrador are emitting moderately dense to dense smoke which is moving northwest. There are also fires from the Great Slave Lake to the Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories which are producing moderately dense to dense smoke which is moving to the northwest. Blowing Dust/Sand: California/Nevada: Along the northern portion of the California/Nevada border blowing dust/sand originates around 23/2045Z, moves east and continues through sunset. Another area in Nevada, near 40N and 118.5W, has blowing dust/sand originating at the same time, moving east and continuing through sunset. Numerous areas along the southwestern border of California and Nevada are the origin of small dust plumes. These plumes run along the border from 36.5N to 38N, originate at 23/2045Z, move to the north and continue through sunset. Utah: In the western portion of the state, the origin of many areas of blowing dust can be seen. These areas originate around 23/2145Z, move north and continue through sunset. 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