DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0145Z June 9, 2019
SMOKE:
Northwestern Canada/Alberta and Southeastern Canada/Alaska...
Large complex fires burning in northern/central Alberta and southeastern
Ontario still persists. Due to cloud coverage in the area, the
medium-density smoke were seen in sections throughout Canada such as
Yukon, Northwest Territories, Alberta, SE Ontario, and SW Quebec. Smoke
in NW Canada was moving west into northern Alaska. Smoke within the
vicinity of the wildfires in Alberta were moving SE. The smoke seen in
Ontario and Quebec also made it towards the Great Lakes region.
Arizona/Central Plains/Great Lakes/Mid-Atlantic...
Large complex fires burning in portions of north/central Arizona were
observed from the satellite imagery. The smoke from these fires has
spread long distance along with the upper level flow off to the northeast
over the Central Plains and Great Lakes. The smoke then merged with
the ones from the burning in Alberta northern/central Alberta and
southeastern Ontario, and was transported by the weather system to
offshore Mid-Atlantic.
Mexico/Central America/Western Gulf of Mexico
Numerous seasonal fires were observed over central-eastern-southern
Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras. A large number of smoke plumes were seen
in the imagery during the afternoon hours. Moderately dense smoke plumes
were visible over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico and southwestern coast
of Mexico. Light density smoke blanketed the Bay of Campeche, western Gulf
of Mexico, and the southwestern Gulf of Mexico near the coast line. The
smoke was being carried toward northeast to the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
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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