DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE
IMAGERY THROUGH 0230 UTC June 30, 2018.
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SMOKE:
Western and Central US...
A large area of smoke was seen covering most of Utah, Colorado,
Wyoming, and eastern Montana and extending eastward across the Plains
from North Dakota and western Minnesota southward to Oklahoma. The 416
Fire in southwest Colorado produced a heavy smoke plume this afternoon
moving towards the northeast for more than 150 miles and reaching Park
county. Wildfires in central (Trail Mountain Fire) and southwest (West
Valley Fire) Utah were also seen emitting moderate-density smoke plumes
moving towards the northeast.
South Central and Southeastern Canada...
Wildfires over eastern Manitoba, western and central Ontario continue
to emit moderate-density smoke with a low level transport towards the
west and higher level transport towards the east.
DUST:
Southern California...
Blowing dust could be seen off western Salton Sea and along the Imperial
Valley/Colorado river mouth moving towards the east.
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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