DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z June 21, 2019
SMOKE:
Much of northern and western Canada into the northwestern CONUS and
Pacific Ocean...
Smoke from wildfires across central and northern Canada was encompassing
an area stretching from the San Francisco Bay area to Baffin Island. The
most dense smoke was over northwestern Alberta, Northern Saskatchewan,
and Northern Manitoba. smoke over the Pacific NW was moving south, while
smoke over central AB/SK/MB was moving west and the furthest north smoke
was moving east.
Arizona/New Mexico/Texas...
Wildfires throughout Arizona were observed emitting smoke that was
moving northeast. Many of the fires were producing light smoke, but
one near the Utah border was producing moderate density smoke. The fire
producing the most smoke, however, was the furthest south. Smoke from
this fire was extending as far east as central New Mexico, with remnant
smoke extending even further east into northern Texas.
Alaska...
half a dozen fires throughout the entirety of Alaska were observed
emitting smoke. the most prolific smoke producer is on the Kenai
Peninsula, with the smoke moving northwest over mainland Alaska. Other
dense smoke producers are on the Seward Peninsula in western Alaska,
where smoke is also moving northwest, and in eastern Alaska northeast
of Fairbanks, where the smoke was moving off toward the southeast.
BLOWING DUST:
Northern Nevada...
A dried lake bed in north-central Nevada was observed producing blowing
dust. The blowing dust, which was quite thick earlier this afternoon,
was moving east-southeast to southeast throughout the day.
Southeastern California...
Winds out of the southwest were observed kicking up dust from portions
of the Mojave Desert in southwestern California. The dust was moving
into extreme southern Nevada and extreme northwestern Arizona.
-Hosley
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