DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z June 24, 2017
SMOKE: Southwestern and Southern Plain US/Northern Mexico... The Brian Head fire in Southwestern Utah continues to produce a significant area of smoke that spreads from southern Utah/Colorado, across parts of northeast Arizona and into western/central New Mexico. The heaviest smoke is seen moving east across a large section of northern/central New Mexico and southern Colorado. Currently, the northern edge of the wildfire is producing light smoke moving west and the southern edge is producing moderately dense to dense smoke moving southeast and then fanning out after moving south and moving directly east/west. Moderately dense to dense smoke remains within the local vicinity of the Frye fire over southeastern Arizona. Overall, smoke is seen across a large section of Arizona and western and central New Mexico. Also, a large area of residual smoke is seen moving southwest across southwestern Texas and into northern Mexico states. Eastern Alaska/Yukon/Northwest Territories/Nunavut... A large area of thin density remnant smoke covers parts of central Yukon Territory and wrapping around an upper level low and then stretching east into parts of western/central Northwest Territory and then southeast into northwest British Columbia and northwest Alberta. The denser smoke lies on the northern edge of this large area of smoke. Upper/Middle Mississippi Valley: An area of light residual smoke most likely from wildfires in Eastern Alaska/Yukon/Northwest Territories is seen moving across parts of southeast South Dakota, northeast Nebraska, most of Iowa, southeast Minnesota, southwest Wisconsin and into northwest Illinois. The residual smoke is rapidly moving southeast and moving farther into Illinois. Northern Plain/Southern Canada: Another area of light residual smoke most likely from wildfires in Eastern Alaska/Yukon/Northwest Territories is seen moving across parts of southern Saskatchewan, northeast Montana, western/central North Dakota and north central South Dakota. The smoke is moving southeast and stretches from northwest to southeast. -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