DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z June 2, 2016
SMOKE: California: A patch of dense smoke developed rapidly this evening fanning out in multiple directions from a fire in southeastern Tulare County in south central California. Some of the smoke exhibited pyro-cumulus characteristics as it shot well up into the atmosphere and spread quickly to the east away from the fire. Arizona: Several fires in central Arizona were emitting moderately dense to thick smoke which moved mainly to the south and southeast during the day. The larger surrounding area of thin density smoke covered a good portion of central and southeastern Arizona. Alaska: An area of mainly thin density smoke was briefly visible over western Alaska to the west of the Medfra Fire (located in south central Alaska bout 70km east of McGrath) before cloudiness overspread the region limiting additional information concerning the smoke. Patches of aerosol which may be leftover thin density smoke from this fire could be seen off the west coast of Alaska. Bay of Campeche: A patch of thin density smoke attributed to lingering seasonal burning over portions of southeastern Mexico and Central America was generally confined to the Bay of Campeche and inland in that region closer to the fire activity. JS 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