DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z June 20, 2017
SMOKE: Western High Plains... A patch of possible leftover thin density smoke attributed primarily to wildfire activity over the Southwestern US was visible spreading slowly to the east stretching from western Nebraska southward over western Kansas, far eastern Colorado, western Oklahoma, northeastern New Mexico, and northwestern Texas. Southwestern US/Western Mexico... A large mass of thin density smoke could be seen over western Mexico, the Gulf of California, and Baja with the smoke also visible over southeastern California, much of Arizona, and southern Nevada. This large area of smoke was due to a combination of ongoing fire activity over western and northwestern Mexico as well as wildfires burning in Arizona and southern California. Patches of moderately dense to thick smoke due primarily to the Frye Fire in Graham County of southeastern Arizona were seen over southeastern Arizona and east central Arizona. Alaska/Northwestern Canada... An area of thin to perhaps moderately dense smoke attributed to wildfires burning over the Yukon in northwestern Canada was visible moving to the west from the western Yukon into northeastern Alaska. Another elongated swath of leftover thin density smoke from the Yukon fires could be seen extending from near the northern coast of the Yukon southeastward over the Northwest Territories. JS 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