DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z June 28, 2017
SMOKE: Four Corners into the central Plains... Smoke, likely emanating from the Brianhead Fire in southern Utah, the Goodwin Fire in central Arizona, and the Frye Fire in southeastern Arizona, is observed covering an area that extends from southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona north into southwestern Utah and then eastward into Kansas, eastern Nebraska and western Iowa, and ingested by a cyclone over western South Dakota. Much of this smoke layer is thin, but thicker smoke is observed in closer proximity to the active fires mentioned previously, as well as over southern Colorado and western Kansas. North central Mexico into Oklahoma... Another thin layer of smoke has been observed over north central Mexico, western Texas, and Oklahoma. This layer of smoke is in close proximity, but detached from, the layer of smoke over the Four Corners region. The origin of this smoke layer is likely the three large fires over the southwestern United States. South central Arizona into northwestern Mexico... A thin layer of remnant smoke can be seen over south central Arizona and portions of northwestern Mexico. The origin of this smoke is likely fires observed over northern Baja California, Mexico. The northeastern United States and western Atlantic... Smoke is observed in the wake of a cold frontal passage over the open Atlantic waters a few hundred kilometers off the northeastern US coastline south towards the Carolinas. This smoke likely originated from fires throughout the southwestern states. An east-west oriented tenuous linear feature is also observed extending eastward off the central New Jersey coast which may have its origins in fires analyzed over Manitoba. One other feature of note is a north-south oriented feature extending from southeastern Ontario to over central Long Island. This feature has its origins in the fires located across the northern Yukon and for northeastern Alaska. Northern Canada... The smoke from fires in northern Manitoba was identified moving westward over northern Manitoba and northern Alberta in response to a cyclone over central Alberta. Smoke located over the northwest Territories and Nunavut may originate from the fires in the northern Yukon. DUST: Saharan dust is observed moving west across the western Caribbean. Aerosol models suggest this is likely. Hosley 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