DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1000Z June 13 2016
SMOKE: Mid Atlantic to the Northern Plains: A large area of remnant smoke extended from offshore New England southeast to the Mid Atlantic coast and then extended northwest to portions of the Northern Plains. The source region for this smoke is fire activity over the Central Plains States and over Arizona. Gulf of Mexico to Texas: An area of remnant thin smoke was over the Gulf of Mexico and extending west into portions of central Texas. The source region for this smoke is fire activity over Mexico. Montana to Nevada: A thin axis of remnant smoke from fire activity over Alberta and the Pacific Northwest extended from portions of Montana southwest to Nevada. Central Saskatchewan to Central Alberta: An area of thin remnant smoke from fire activity over northern Alberta extended from portions of central Saskatchewan west to Central Alberta. Central Plains and Southern Plains: A large area of aerosol covered much of the Central and Southern Plains with some remnant smoke from fire activity over Arizona and also from Mexico. Alaska: Areas of smoke were seen off southwest Alaska and across the Aleutians which is believed to have originated mostly from Asian wildfires. Thin smoke stretching northeast over northern Alaska is thought to be from the Warren Creek Fire in northwest Alaska. Dust: An area of blowing dust was seen from portions of southwest Utah south through western Arizona. Hanna/Sheffer 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