DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z June 23, 2015
SMOKE Alaska/Yukon/British Columbia: A prolific amount of wildfires were observed across much of Alaska and into western Yukon resulting in dense smoke across central Alaska and at least light smoke over much of the remainder of the state. Central Canada and North Central US: A large area of light to isolated moderate density remnant smoke from Canadian wildfires was seen moving to the southeast in southern Alberta, southern Saskatchewan, southern Manitoba, through the Dakotas and into the central Plains and Midwest where smoke was moderately dense. US Southwest/Intermountain West: Multiple wildfires in California, Arizona and New Mexico have resulted in light residual smoke from the Southwest to the central Plains and western Tennessee Valley as well as the Intermountain West. DUST Gulf of Mexico/Central Plains/Southern and Eastern US: A broad area of Saharan dust remains over the Gulf Coast states and extends northward into the south-central Plains and eastward off the eastern US coastline. 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