Thursday, June 27, 2019

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0002Z June 28, 2019

SMOKE:
Southeastern/Northeastern Alaska and Northwestern Canada/Yukon, Northwest
Territories, and Northern Alberta Provinces...
Several fires continued to persist throughout Alaska and the NW corner
of Canada. The fires continued to produce moderate to heavy smoke plumes
that moved east but throughout the day became less visible due to cloud
coverage.


Southwestern US/Arizona,New Mexico and Utah...
Several small complex fires in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah
persisted. Smoke from the fire in New Mexico continued moving NE. Smoke
from the fire in Arizona is light to moderate and progressing
northward. Smoke from the fire in Utah is moderate to heavy and
progressed NE.

Florida...
Several clustered fires near Crystal Bay off the west coast of Florida
produced a moderate smoke plume that moved SSE into the Gulf of Mexico.


Rodriguez

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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.