Thursday, June 23, 2016

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z June 24, 2016

SMOKE:
Southern California:
A wildfire exploded in size this evening in north central Kern County
of southern California resulting in a moderately dense to thick smoke
which fanned out as it spread eastward.

Northwestern to South Central Canada/North Central US:
A large mass of leftover thin to moderately dense smoke was visible
stretching from the Northwest Territories to Saskatchewan, Manitoba,
and Ontario in south central Canada and across the border into the
North Central US. This smoke was mainly attributed to wildfires burning
earlier this week in the Northwest Territories to the southwest of Great
Bear Lake.

Northeast Wyoming/Northwest South Dakota/Eastern Montana/Western North
Dakota:
Thin density smoke from a fire burning in the Black Hills of northeastern
Wyoming spread to the north and fanned out over northeastern Wyoming,
northwestern South Dakota, eastern Montana, and western North Dakota.

DUST:
Nevada:
A rather dense swath of blowing dust originated from a dry lake bed in
north central Churchill County of west central Nevada after 21Z and
continued as it spread to the northeast reaching northeastern Nevada
by sunset.

JS

Earlier This Morning...
Southwest US/Central Plains
Wildfires in the southwestern US are responsible for a large area of
thin density remnant smoke extending from the four corners region east
over the central plains and into Illinois, Indiana, and western Kentucky.

Ramirez


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.