DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z June 18 2016
SMOKE: Arizona/New Mexico/Plains/Central and Northern Mississippi Valley/Ontario: Several wildfires burning from eastern Arizona into central New Mexico have produced a broad area of residual smoke that has drifted into the Plains and farther east/north. An area of moderately dense smoke stretches from central Oklahoma north into central and northwest Kansas, northeast Colorado, western/central Nebraska, southeastern South Dakota, northwest Iowa and southwestern Minnesota. Very light remnant smoke is seen extending south towards portions of south Texas. Southern California: The wildfire west of Santa Barbara continues to produce a plume of remnant smoke that extends southeast along coastal southern California and then south along the west coast of the Baja Peninsula and then extending further offshore. Smoke was also seen from central Nevada southwest towards portions of southern California. Hanna 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