DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1601Z June 15, 2019
SMOKE:
Northwestern Canada Alberta Province/South Central Canada into Western
Ontario Province ...
The large complex fires burning in northern/central Alberta continued
to produce large amount of smoke. The smoke plumes were traveling SE
down into the U.S. specifically the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest
regions. Due to cloud coverage, the full extent of the smoke was unknown.
Alaska...
One large complex fire in northwestern Alaska and another large complex
fire south of the Anchorage region. The remnant smoke from the two large
complex fire was stretching offshore to the southwest over the Bering
Sea. Moderate to heavy density smoke was visible in the vicinity of
the fires.
Southwestern US/Arizona...
Several large complex fires burning in north and central Arizona were
observed from the satellite imagery. Heavy density smoke was visible
in the vicinity of the fires. Light density remnant smoke from these
fires was progressing northeast and southeast into Texas with the
weather system.
Rodriguez
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