DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z June 30, 2016

SMOKE:
Northwestern Canada to the Northern Plains
The southeastern part of the large swath of remnant thin density
smoke attributed to fires in northwestern Canada shifted farther to
the south across south central Canada and into the northern portions
of Montana, North Dakota, and Minnesota. The  northwestern part of
this huge region of smoke extended to the northwest and well up into
northwestern Canada. Closer to the active fires in northwestern Canada,
patches of moderately dense to thick smoke were visible over portions
of the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, far northeastern Alberta,
and northern Saskatchewan.

Kansas/Oklahoma:
A cluster of seasonal fires from west central Oklahoma to central Kansas
resulted in a number of smoke plumes which congealed into a north-south
elongated area of thin density smoke in this region.

Alaska:
Some fire activity was detected in satellite imagery, but only some
smoke was visible due to significant cloud cover.

DUST:
Caribbean/Yucatan/Bay of Campeche:
The area of Saharan dust moved a bit farther to the west and was present
over the western Caribbean, the Yucatan peninsula, the Bay of Campeche,
and into the mainland of southeastern Mexico.

JS

Earlier This Morning...
SMOKE:
Southern Plains to New Mexico:
An area of remnant smoke, which is likely from fire activity over portions
of north central Colorado, extended from portions of New Mexico northeast
through the Southern Plains.

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

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.