DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0310Z June 27, 2014
SMOKE: Canada: Wildfires persist through Northwest Territories, northern Saskatchewan and northern Manitoba, producing a large amount of light to heavy density smoke over the region. The smoke is being emitted and moving to the northwest through Northwest Territories and Yukon, then moving eastward over the Hudson Bay and southeastward through Quebec and Labrador. Areas of medium density smoke is embedded in this extensive plume, focused over Hudson Bay, central Quebec and southwestern Labrador. Southwestern U.S: An area of light remnant smoke is seen over eastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas. This is most likely from wildfires occurring in eastern Arizona. BLOWING DUST: Southern California/Nevada: A small area of blowing dust is seen moving northeastward from southern California into southern Nevada. The dust is most likely originating from Sandy Valley. There are also most likely more areas of blowing dust throughout southern California due to strong surface winds, but it is obscured due to clouds over the area. 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