DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z June 17, 2017
SMOKE: Arizona/New Mexico/Texas... A large area of light smoke associated with the numerous wildfires in Arizona and New Mexico covers much of southeast AZ and southern and eastern NM and has spread into west Texas, including the Panhandle and a small portion of the Oklahoma Panhandle. Smaller areas of light to moderately dense smoke were confined to the region in the immediate vicinity of the fires in northern AZ and northern NM with the more dense smoke in the valleys around the fires. Mexico... Numerous fires burning over northwestern Mexico, especially in Sonora and Chihuahua states, continue to produce smoke that blankets much of western Mexico. The smoke from these fires extends east into west Texas around the Big Bend and south into the coastal areas and the open Pacific as well as the southern Gulf of California. Ruminski 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