DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0500Z June 21, 2017
SMOKE: Western High Plains... A patch of possible leftover thin density smoke attributed primarily to wildfire activity over the Southwestern US was still visible over much of Kansas and Nebraska. Southwestern US/Western Mexico... A large area of thin density smoke could be seen over western Mexico, the Gulf of California, and Baja and extending up into southern California, much of Arizona and into northwest New Mexico. There were numerous area of embedded moderate and a few patches of dense smoke within this broader area. The more notable areas were over northwest New Mexico and also from a wildfire in southern California west of Twenty Nine Palms. The full extent of the smoke in New Mexico and into Utah was difficult to determine due to extensive cloud cover. Another area of light, diffuse smoke was covering much of northern Nevada and bordering regions of Idaho and northwest Utah. This is mostly remnant smoke from the fires yesterday and overnight in northern Nevada. Alaska/Northwestern Canada... An expanding area of light to moderately dense smoke was seen over much of the northern Yukon Territory and northeast Alaska and also spilling over into northwest Northwest Territories from the numerous wildfires that are burning in the Yukon. There were some area of dense smoke near the fires as well. DUST: Oregon and Washington.... An area of light to moderate blowing dust was seen moving south from Summer Lake Oregon this evening. An area of light blowing dust was seen moving east across central into eastern Washington. 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