DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE
IMAGERY THROUGH 0000Z, June 05, 2018.
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SMOKE:
Southwest CONUS...
Numerous wildfires were seen emitting a wide variety of smoke density this
afternoon and evening. The most dense smoke was observed emanating from
fires in Arizona, New Mexico, and northern Mexican states of Sonora and
Chihuahua. This dense smoke was seen across eastern Arizona, much of New
Mexico, and the far western Texas Panhandle. other fires producing mainly
thin plumes were observed across southern California, western Arizona,
Utah, western Colorado, and west Texas. Much of the smoke mentioned
above was moving toward the east or northeast.
California/Oregon...
A few fires in south central Oregon, northern California, and central
California were seen producing thin to moderate density smoke. The smoke
from fires in central California were moving off toward the southeast
while the two smoke plumes further north were moving off toward the
northeast.
Southeastern CONUS...
Active fires from North Carolina into Florida were observed producing
mainly light density smoke. The smoke from these fires was moving off
toward the southeast or east.
BLOWING DUST:
Carson Sink...
A stream of blowing dust was observed emanating from the southern portions
of the Carson sink in west-central Nevada. The dust was moving off toward
the east-northeast.
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/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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