DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0400Z June 7, 2017
SMOKE: South West US... Remnant light density smoke is noted building northward into the southwestern US from fires in western Mexico. Fires in central Arizona were observed producing moderate amounts of smoke blowing north east. Alaska... Fires in central Alaska are producing moderate smoke that is blowing west. Remnant smoke from these fires, that were also observed yesterday, was observed lingering off the west coast of the state. Saskatchewan... Multiple fires in the central part of the province were observed producing light smoke plumes traveling south. Yucatan Peninsula and Bay of Campeche Light density remnant smoke is noted over the area from fires burning over the Yucatan Peninsula. DUST: Utah and Colorado... Dust is noted blowing eastward from the Great Salt Lake Desert. South Caribbean... Saharan Dust was observed blowing West across the region. Westbrook 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