DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE
IMAGERY THROUGH 1500Z, June 11, 2018.
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SMOKE:
Central Rockies/Central Plains...
Thick smoke plumes were observed emanating from the 416 and Burro
fires in southwestern Colorado, as well as from a fire in the Manti-La
Sal National forest in central Utah. Lighter smoke was also observed
emanating from the Buzzard Fire in New Mexico and the Badger Creek Fire
on the Wyoming/Colorado border. Much of this smoke was moving off toward
the east.
Further east, a large area of light to moderate density remnant smoke
was observed across the Great Plains from northern Texas into eastern
South Dakota. This area of remnant was moving off toward the east and
northeast. The fires mentioned in the previous paragraph are the likely
sources of this area of smoke.
Mississippi Valley...
Light density remnant smoke, presumably from the 416 Fire and/or
the fire in central Utah, was also observed over the mid-Mississippi
Valley. The smoke covers an area extending from far southeastern Iowa
south-southwest into northern Mississippi. This area of smoke is moving
off toward the southeast.
Central Alaska...
A couple of moderate to thick density smoke plumes were observed across
central Alaska. The thickest area of smoke, which may have become
detached, is moving off toward the south over the towns of Poorman and
McGrath, with the southern edge approaching the western portions of
the Alaska Range in south-central Alaska. Closer to the parent fires,
the smoke is moving off toward the southwest.
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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