DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200 June 26, 2019
SMOKE:
Far Eastern Canada, Southern Greenland, and Northwest Atlantic Ocean...
A large area of of light to moderate density remnant smoke from fires over
central and northwestern Canada was seen becoming incorporated within a
cyclone in the Davis Strait south of Greenland. The smoke is likely to
remain close to the center of the cyclone with some smoke moving through
the storm across southern Greenland and possibly to or north of Iceland.
Desert Southwest and Southern Plains...
Three fires across Arizona and New Mexico were producing thick smoke this
afternoon, with the most impressive smoke plume the one emanating from
the fire in New Mexico. The smoke from this fire was moving eastward,
just making it into Texas. The smoke plumes from the Arizona fires were
lighter than in the past and were moving mainly north. These fires are
the source of the larger area of light remnant smoke covering much of
northern Arizona, New Mexico, southeastern Colorado, northern Texas,
Oklahoma and Kansas.
Alaska...
Fires throughout Alaska have been producing varying amounts of
smoke. Fires on the Kenai Peninsula and north of Fairbanks were producing
the most widespread dense smoke, with much of it moving east. Smoke
emissions from the western portions of Alaska were moving toward the
west or northwest.
California...
Two fires, one which ignited this afternoon along the coastal ranges,
were observed producing moderate to thick smoke this afternoon and
evening. Much of the smoke was moving towards the south or southeast
along the rim of the valley
BLOWING DUST:
Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Florida, and far northwest Atlantic...
A large area of Saharan Dust was moving into portions of the eastern
Caribbean Sea. Further to the west, another area of blowing dust
extending from the western Caribbean Sea across the Yucatan Peninsula
into the Gulf of Mexico. The SAL plume then crosses Florida and moves
north-northeast along the GA/SC/NC coast up into a small cyclone south
of New England.
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