DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0002Z June 27, 2019
SMOKE: Alaska... Several large complex fires are burning Northeast of Fairbanks. Light density smoke was observed away from the fires with moderate to heavy density smoke close and in the vicinity of the fires. The smoke from these fires is progressing off to the North and west this morning. Several fires were also observed in Northwestern Canada but cloud cover limited view of smoke in the region. A fire complex is also burning south of Anchorage with light, moderate, and heavy density smoke all observed and progressing Southward this morning. Northwestern Canada/Northern Alberta Province... Several smaller fires and one large complex fire is burning in Northern Alberta Province. Smoke from the small fire in far Northern Alberta is progressing Northwestward. Light density smoke was observed across most of Northern Alberta into Northern British Columbia, Eastern portions of the Northwest Territories, Southern Nunavut,and Western Saskatchewan Provinces. Moderate density smoke was observed in these areas as well. Heavy density smoke was observed using GOES17 Visible Imagery across Southeastern Portions of the Northwest Territories, Western Saskatchewan, and in Northeastern Alberta Province. Heavy density smoke was observed in the vicinity of the fires. The smoke from the fires in Northern Alberta are progressing south and east this morning. Arizona/New Mexico/Nevada... Several smaller fires are burning in Central/ Southeastern Arizona. The smoke from these fires appears light this morning with smoke progressing East North East this morning. Two large complex fires are burning with one located in Southwestern and the other located in Southeastern New Mexico. Light smoke further from the fires, along with moderate to heavy density smoke closer and in the vicinity of the fires was observed. The smoke is progressing North and East this morning. Several concentrated fires were seen in SW Nevada which had a moderate-heavy smoke plume heading NE. California... A large complex fire is burning inland to the South and East of San Jose. Light density smoke was observed further from the fire and moderate to heavy density smoke was observed closer and in the vicinity of the fire. The smoke from this fire is progressing off to the Southeast this morning. BLOWING DUST: Caribbean Sea/Western Atlantic/Northeastern Gulf of Mexico/ Northwestern Florida... Dust from the Saharan Desert in Western Africa has progress westward across the Atlantic and is now present in portions of the Caribbean over most of the Northern Caribbean Islands. Dust is also present over portions of the Bahamas and as far North and West as Florida and the Northwestern Gulf. The dust is quiet thick in portions of Eastern Caribbean Sea over Puerto Rico, and is thick as well in the Northwestern Gulf by Florida and is progressing westward this morning. 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