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