DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z June 24, 2017
SMOKE: Southwestern and South Central US... The Brianhead fire in Southwestern Utah and the Frye fire located in Southeastern Arizona continued to produce smoke throughout the night and into this evening. Light density remnant smoke blankets much of New Mexico state while being carried East and into Northern Texas and Western Oklahoma. Moderately dense remnant smoke was visible over Northeastern New Mexico. Moderate smoke is also being produced at the fire sources. Heavily dense smoke remains within the local vicinity of the Frye fire. The smoke from these fires changed from blowing east to a more south easterly direction throughout the day. Yukon/Northwest Territories... A large area of thin density remnant smoke covers much of Central Yukon and stretching into Western Northwest Territories. Wildfires in the area are producing moderately dense smoke that is seen to move in a anti-cyclonic motion. Additional fires appeared during the evening hours and the smoke plume were seen traveling east from the Alaskan boarder into the north west territories. -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