DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z June 15, 2017
SMOKE: Arizona/New Mexico... Wildfires in Arizona and New Mexico continue to produce light to medium density smoke. Remnant light density smoke from these fires can be seen from eastern New Mexico eastward into western Texas and southwestern Oklahoma. Kentucky... A small remnant plume of light density smoke was seen traveling southward in south-central Kentucky. Mexico... Numerous fires burning over western Mexico were responsible for several small sized areas of thin to medium density smoke which covered portions of the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range in western Mexico. A small plume of remnant light density smoke was seen over the northern Gulf of California. North Carolina... A large fire was observed producing light to moderate smoke in the south east part of the state. The smoke was observed blowing south east out to sea. -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