Monday, June 26, 2017

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0600Z June 27, 2017

SMOKE:
Southwestern US/Northern Mexico...
A large mass of thin density smoke covered a large patch of the
Southwestern US including much of Arizona, the southern half of Utah,
southwestern Colorado, much of New Mexico and far western Texas. This
smoke is due to several wildfires burning over Utah (including the
Brian Head Fire in southwestern Utah) and Arizona with some possible
contribution from fire activity over western and northwestern Mexico. More
localized thicker smoke was located closer to the actual fires. Smoke
from the Brian Head fire and the Goodwin fire in central Arizona was
especially thick and fanned out to the east and north. Farther to the
south, the aforementioned fire activity over western and northwestern
Mexico was responsible for an area of thin to moderately dense smoke
covering much of northern and northwestern Mexico and extending into
the Pacific and the central and southern Gulf of California.

North Central to South Central Canada into Minnesota...
A swath of mostly thin smoke was seen extending from the Canadian arctic
in northwest Nunavut southeastward to eastern Saskatchewan and Manitoba
into western Ontario and northern Minnesota and a portion of eastern North
Dakota. This smoke was attributed to ongoing wildfires over the Yukon
and Northwest Territories and northern Alberta in northwestern Canada.

Nebraska/Kansas...
Remnant light smoke, possibly from the wildfires in the Western US,
was seen over the central Plains from east central Kansas back to the
northwest into northeast Colorado.

Northern New England...
A narrow ribbon of light density smoke, likely from the fires in northwest
Canada, was seen along the Canada/US border from near the Vermont/New
York border across northern Maine into New Brunswick.

Northwestern Canada/Northeastern Alaska...
Smoke was swirling around much of the Yukon Territory this evening and
moving into northeast Alaska due to ongoing wildfires burning mainly
in northern Yukon. Areas of moderate to dense smoke were seen in the
vicinity of the fires and moving to the south.

DUST:
Southwest US...
An area of light to moderate blowing dust was seen moving east off the
Carson Sink into central Nevada. There was also a general area of light
dust from numerous sources in the desert areas of southern California
from Death Valley south through the Mohave. This area of light dust was
mostly moving to the east and was also mixing with areas of light smoke.

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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.