DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z June 20 2016
SMOKE: Southwest US/Central Plains/Mississippi Valley: Several wildfires burning from eastern Arizona into central New Mexico have produced a broad area of mostly moderately dense to areas of dense residual smoke that has drifted across region the southwest region. Smoke is seen spreading across central/western Arizona, north into southern Utah and south into Baja Mexico/California Sea. The heaviest smoke is located across central and northern Arizona. Currently, the Cedar wildfire complex in Arizona is producing moderately dense to dense smoke. A narrow strip of aerosols (possibly some very light residual smoke from Arizona/New Mexico wildfires mixed in) can be seen stretching east across Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois and moving east southeast over northern Kansas, Missouri and southern/central Illinois. Northwest Territories/Alberta: A ribbon of light to moderate density remnant smoke is seen moving southeast and spans from northern/central British Columbia east into northern/central Alberta and into western Saskatchewan. This area of smoke originates from wildfire activity over central Alaska and possibly across Siberia. J Kibler 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