Monday, June 30, 2014

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1445Z June 30, 2014


SMOKE:
New Mexico/Central High Plains:
A new large fire complex in northern NM in S Rio Arriba county, produced
a large convectively dense burst of smoke last night and can be seen
moving NE this morning exiting far NE NM, covering the western counties
of OK panhandle, far SE CO  and the SW corner of KS... this area is still
moderately dense.   Tendrils of this same smoke output from very high
altitude can be seen moving S across the far S portion of the Cap Rock of
TX, and far SE NM, this is thin in nature with sporadic moderate patches.
The San Juan and Oak fires also continue to produce thin to moderately
dense smoke much nearer the sources but extending into NM.  The Oak
fire has a thin N-S oriented line (centered on the fire) that is about
15-20km wide (E-W) nearing the NM line.  The San Juan fire has two arms
extending NE and ESE... the NE arm is about 20km wide and extends to
near the fire in Rio Arriba county and is higher in altitude, the ESE
extends the NW corner of Sierra county NM covering much of Catron county,
this plume is lower in altitude and has a bit more density due to output
overnight being less vigorous.

Newfoundland/Atlantic Ocean:
Smoke from the Boreal Quebec fire a few days ago with contributions from
the far SW Labrador/Quebec boarder fire continues to accelerate east
in the jet along/north of 52N across the Atlantic.   The cyclone to the
SE of Newfoundland continues to shear the smoke along the periphery in
a narrowing/concentrated bands across central Newfoundland (moderate to
dense) with a broader area of thin to moderately dense smoke exiting Nova
Scotia covering much of the area between 55-65W south of Newfoundland
but north of 35N... though likely to be turning eastward to undercut
the base of the cyclone.

West Canada:
Very dense smoke from the numerous wildfire complexes across NW
Territories continues to drop south covering much of source areas as
well as N Alberta, far NW Saskatchewan.  Some thin smoke can be seen
drifting east over Nunavut and N Hudson Bay but this continues to thin
out and dissipate.  An arm of moderately dense smoke extends from main
dense pocket back toward the WNW covering extreme NE corner of BC,
SW NW Territories, and SE Yukon Territories.

DUST:
Gulf of Mexico/Central US Gulf Coast:
A well defined moderately dense Saharan Air Layer can be seen across the
Western Gulf of Mexico, west of 95W and entering TX and SW LA under strong
southerly winds and covers nearly all of SE TX east of 100W to 31N, much
of LA and NE TX before turning east under SW and W flow to cover S AR,
much of MS and S AL into the far western FL panhandle.    Some lighter
SAL can also be seen across Yucatan along 21N to the Cuban coast.


AEROSOLS:
Central Plains
Hazy conditions due to high mst values and mixed pollutants can bese
seen in Goes-West across E KS, MO, with highest concentrations along
sfc/low level boundary covering NEB, very near the severe convective
complex across NE NEB.
Northern Plains:
A moderately dense area of unknown aerosols/hazy conditions can be seen
over NE ND, NW MN along the clearing at the base of the large polar
cyclone over S Manitoba/W Ontario.  It is highly likely that similar
moderately dense haze/pollutants are obscured in the cloudy area across
S Manitoba/W Ontario.

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.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

 


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.