DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z June 27, 2016
SMOKE: California: Thin density remnant smoke from fires in southern California was visible over portions of Nevada, southwest Utah, southern/central California, and traveling offshore of southern California to the southwest. The Erskin fire in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains continues to emit light to heavy density smoke to the northeast. Central US: An area of light to heavy density smoke associated with the Beaver Creek fire in far northern Colorado covered southeastern Wyoming, western Nebraska, northwestern Kansas, and northeastern Colorado. Thinner density remnant smoke from fires yesterday in southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming could be seen throughout the Northern Plains and potential extended farther to the east; however, clouds prevented the full extent of this smoke to be determined. Light to heavy density smoke from fires in the Black Hills of South Dakota in northeastern Wyoming as well as the Crow Creek Fire in western South Dakota could be seen stretching west into northeast Wyoming and east into central South Dakota. Northwestern to South Central Canada/North Central US: A large area of thin density smoke attributed to earlier wildfires last week over the Northwest Territories, Alberta and Saskatchewan in the west central portion Canada was visible stretching from portions of the Northwest Territories and southern Nunavut southward over eastern Alberta and western Saskatchewan to northern portions of Montana, North Dakota, and Minnesota. Multiple light to heavy density smoke plumes associated with wildfires in northern Saskatchewan, northwest Manitoba and southeastern portions of the Northwestern Territories were seen traveling east before being covered by clouds moving in from the west. Alaska: A wildfire in west-central Alaska was producing a light to moderate density smoke plume and was last seen traveling east before it became obscured from clouds. DUST: Caribbean: A region of possible Saharan dust could be seen over the Caribbean Sea spreading to the west. FS 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