DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z June 4, 2019
SMOKE:
South Central Canada/Northwest/Northern Plains/Midwest/Great Lakes/Ohio
Valley/Mid-Atlantic...
The new fire activities in South central Washington state and the
recent large complex fires in Northwestern Canada has spread smoke long
distances along with the upper level flow off to the south and east
over most of Northwestern Canada, South Central Canada, Northern Plains,
Midwest, Ohio River Valley, Tennessee River Valley, and offshore of the
Mid-Atlantic states. Light density smoke was observed across most of these
regions. Moderately dense to thick smoke was observed over Northwest,
South Central Canada, and Ohio Valley.
Southwestern Mexico...
The continuing seasonal burning and wildfire activity occurring across
southwestern Mexico are responsible for producing a large body of light
density smoke that covers southwestern Mexico. The smoke is being carried
northward to southwestern Texas.
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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)
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO:
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov