DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z June 3, 2016
SMOKE: Arizona: Several fires in central Arizona were emitting moderately dense to thick smoke which moved mainly to the south. The larger surrounding area of thin density smoke fanned out as it moved south covering roughly the southern half of Arizona. Bay of Campeche/Western Gulf of Mexico: A patch of thin density smoke attributed to lingering seasonal burning over portions of southeastern Mexico and Central America extended across the Bay of Campeche and into the western Gulf of Mexico. DUST: Arizona: A small streak of light blowing dust moving towards the south was faintly visible in southern Arizona. An unknown aerosol was also seen in the northwestern and southwestern portions of Arizona. WB/JS Earlier this Morning... California/Nevada: Leftover thin density smoke from the fire in southeastern Tulare County in south central California was visible this morning spreading to the north over central and east central California and across the state border into west central Nevada. 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