Sunday, June 16, 2013

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0400Z June 17, 2013

Blowing Dust:

Caribbean/Florida:
An area of thin density blowing dust is visible east of the Bahamas
moving west over Cuba towards the Gulf of Mexico/western Florida. This
dust is Saharan in origin and has been traveling over the Atlantic Ocean
the last few days.

Smoke:

New Mexico/Arizona Border:
Thin density smoke is visible in the SW corridor of New Mexico and SE
corridor of Arizona on the border with Mexico. This smoke is most likely
a product of the large fires taking place south of the US in northern
Sonora, Mexico. Towards the northeast of the area of smoke is the wildfire
Silver, which has been raging in SW New Mexico for the last few days.

Oegerle

Earlier Today...

Western NW Territories:
Thin to moderate smoke from the AK fires and isolated fires along the
Yukon and McKenzie River Valleys cover much of SW portion of the NW
Territories.  It is very likely additional mid-level smoke covers the
Yukon Territory, Central NW Territories and N Alberta, but extensive
cloud cover obscures detection at this time.

Gallina

THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS
OF 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.