DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z June 17, 2019
SMOKE: Northwest-Central Canada... The large complex fires burning in northern/central Alberta re-intensified this afternoon producing heavy-density smoke blanketing the region. A larger area consisting of mostly light-to-moderate density residual smoke covers much of central-northern Alberta, extending towards the north into the Northwest Territories. Alaska... The North River wildfire complex in western Alaska remains active releasing heavy density smoke. The plume is being transported towards the west and across the Bering Strait. Arizona... The Woodbury and Coldwater wildfires in central Arizona continue to burn releasing moderate density smoke near the sources. The plumes were dispersing towards the northeast. Mexico... Widespread fire activity persists along western Mexico, northwest Veracruz, and the eastern Yucatan Peninsula. Pockets of moderate-density smoke could be seen in northwest Veracruz, western Durango and Chihuahua. Additional smoke could be spotted originating from gas flaring activity off the oil rigs in the Bay of Campeche moving towards the west-northwest for approximately 150 miles. 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) ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO: SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov