DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z June 07, 2014
SMOKE: Southwestern U.S: An expansive plume of smoke can be seen extending from Sonora, Mexico northeastward into southeastern Arizona and southern New Mexico. The smoke is originating from fires that have been burning in Sonora for the past few days. Light density smoke is ranging into southwestern U.S, and a small area of moderate density smoke is reaching southeastern Arizona by sunset. BLOWING DUST: Southern California: An area of blowing dust can be seen in visible imagery moving eastward over southern California over the Salton Sea. This dust is originating from the Anza-Borrego Desert. AEROSOLS: Alaska: A large area of medium density unknown aerosols is drifting southward into the Bering Sea and the Seward Peninsula. These aerosols are most likely a mixture of dust and sulfates. Heeps 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.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/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