Tuesday, June 7, 2016

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z June 8 2016

Currently:
Gulf of California/Northwest Mexico
An area of dust seen in satellite imagery and also in models possibly
mixed with some smoke is seen moving ENE across the Gulf of California,
into the state of Sonora in northwest Mexico and reaching far southern
sections of southern Arizona.

Southwest US:
The wildfires burning in central Arizona are producing a large area
of moderate to dense smoke moving northeast across the state and into
sections of northwest New Mexico.

J Kibler


Earlier Today:

SMOKE:
Southwest US/Northwest Mexico:
Fire activity in central Arizona and western/northwestern Mexico over
the past few days has produced an area of smoke extending from south
central Colorado southward through New Mexico/far west Texas, and
northwest Mexico. Additional fresh smoke could be seen

Midwest/Northern Plains/South Manitoba:
Thin residual smoke was seen stretching from southern Manitoba southeast
across parts of North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois.
Some of this smoke could be from fire activity over northern Alberta
although there is also a chance that some of the smoke could have come
from Siberian wildfires and traveled southward through the Arctic/central
Canada.

Texas/Far Western Gulf:
An area of thin smoke can be seen across much of southern and eastern
Texas extending to just off the Texas coast. This smoke is believed to
be from fires in Mexico. Some additional thin remnant smoke may exist
further east across the central and eastern Gulf of Mexico though it is
difficult to discern what if anything is smoke as opposed to African dust.

Western Canada:
An area of remnant light smoke is seen across north Alberta, northwest
Saskatchewan, and southern Northwest Territories. This smoke may be
mixed with other aerosols but the smoke itself likely originated from
fires in northeast Alberta.

Alaska:
Remnant smoke from fire activity over Siberia and from a handful of
wildfires burning in Alaska could be seen west of Alaska, over the
southwest corner of the state, and over the Aleutians.

DUST:
Gulf of Mexico:
Aerosol seen in the central and eastern Gulf is believed to be elevated
Saharan dust that was pulled north by the former T.S. Colin and has
become mixed with remnant smoke. The dust may extend northeast across
Florida along the frontal boundary but clouds inhibit detection.

Sheffler

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.