DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE
IMAGERY THROUGH 1830Z, June 03, 2018.
NESDIS IS INVESTIGATING THE UTILITY OF THIS TEXT NARRATIVE. IF YOU FIND
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SMOKE:
New Mexico/Texas/Oklahoma/Kansas
The Buzzard Wildfire located in Catron County in southwest New Mexico
continues to burn producing light density smoke, which is being
transported to the north. Thin smoke from wildfires in New Mexico and
Colorado is seen traveling eastward and spreading across northern Texas,
western Oklahoma, eastern Colorado and western Kansas.
Mexico...
Fires in northern Sierra Madre Occidental are producing predominantly
light density smoke plumes that are being transported to the north. An
area of thin smoke can be seen spreading across western Sierra Madre
Occidental and southern Gulf of California, extending towards the
southwest for approximately 200 miles offshore.
WS
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/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg
GIS: ftp://satpsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/FIRE/HMS/GIS/
KML: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/fire.kml (fire)
http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/smoke.kml (smoke)
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