DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z June 19, 2017
SMOKE: Arizona/New Mexico: Wildfire burning in southern Graham county in Arizona is producing mostly moderate to dense plume smoke. The smoke is moving west across Maircopa, Pima and Pinal counties. A wildfire burning in south central Coconino county is producing an area of light to moderately dense smoke fanning northeast to easterly with also lighter smoke moving westerly. Smoke is mostly remaining in county, but beginning to reach the border of Navajo county. Additional fires can be seen burning across southwest New Mexico and other sections of Arizona producing light to moderate smoke. Yukon Territory... Fires were observed in north west Yukon Territory producing smoke plumes traveling east to south east. Mexico... Numerous fires were seen burning over northwestern Mexico, especially in Sonora and Chihuahua states continue to produce smoke. The light to moderately dense smoke from these fires predominantly extend south west. Dust: An long narrow strip of possible dust can be seen stretching from southeast New Mexico across the Texas Panhandle, central Oklahoma and into southeast Kansas. The eastern edge of the possible dust is moving southeast and western edge moving north. Dust may be mixing in with lighter smoke across parts of northern/central Arizona. -J Kibler 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