DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z June 22, 2019
SMOKE:
Much of Canada/Western CONUS/Northeastern CONUS...
Smoke that has its origins in fires throughout northern and central
Canada can be found across much of Canada, the Western CONUS, and the
northeastern CONUS. The heaviest smoke emanates from Alberta and has
been lofted high enough to reach the jet stream over the northwest
Territory and Nunavut. From there, the jet brings a good portion of
the smoke across Hudson Bay and northern Quebec, where some is drawn
south across Ontario and then across the Great Lakes. Dense smoke is
also observed in a thin stripe that extends from central BC south into
central California and then around a small trough across Nevada. Then,
over Wyoming and eastern Montana, the stripe appears again moving through
a cyclone over western Montana. surrounding these areas of dense smoke
are lighter density smoke that further includes all of the Northwest
Territory, portions of the Pacific Ocean, and the interior western CONUS.
Arizona/New Mexico/Central Plains...
Wildfires throughout Arizona and New Mexico were observed emitting smoke
this afternoon. The smoke from these wildfires was extending northeast
as far as South Dakota and Iowa. The densest smoke was emanating from
the Woodbury fire in central Arizona and what appears to be the Pine
Lodge fire in central New Mexico. The dense smoke from these fires
was covering East-central Arizona and far west-central New Mexico and
from Eastern New Mexico into Oklahoma and Kansas. The smoke was moving
northeast throughout the entirety of the afternoon.
Alaska...
Half a dozen or more fires throughout the entirety of Alaska were observed
emitting smoke. Cloud cover made smoke detection difficult in places,
but it appears that much of the smoke from the Kenai and Seward Peninsula
fires was moving northwest while the smoke northeast of Fairbanks was
moving northeastward.
BLOWING DUST...
Western Nevada...
Winds were lofting dust across the Carson Sink and moving the dust off
to the south. The plume from the Carson Sink was nearly making it into
California before sunset.
Southeastern California and western Arizona...
More blowing dust was observed across the Mojave Desert and adjacent
areas in southern Clifornia and western Arizona. much fo the dust was
moving off toward the northeast.
Southeastern Arizona...
blowing dust was observed emanating from the Willcox Playa in southeastern
Arizona. The dust was moving off toward the northeast.
South-central New Mexico and northwestern Chihuahua...
Blowing dust could be seen moving east-northeast from White Sands as
well as from desert areas in northwestern portions of the Mexican state
of Chihuahua. The dust from northwestern Chihuahua was making its way
into the western Texas panhandle over El Paso.
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