DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z July 2, 2017
SMOKE: Alaska/Canada: A broad area of thin density remnant smoke, mixed with localized areas of medium density smoke is present over Central Alaska and northern Yukon Territory. Southwest US: A handful of large wildfires burning in central and eastern Arizona are collectively responsible for remnant smoke covering New Mexico, Colorado, North Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska. Moderate to heavy smoke is seen in eastern Arizona and much of New Mexico. DUST: An expansive area of Saharan dust is observed over the Central and Western Gulf of Mexico as well as much of Texas and parts of southern Louisiana. Ramirez 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