Friday, June 28, 2019

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0336Z June 28, 2019

SMOKE:
Northern Plains....An area of light smoke, from fires over the Southwest
United States, extended from western Wisconsin northwest through the
Northern Plains into eastern Montana and southern Saskatchewan.

Northern Canada/North Pacific/Northern California....An area of mostly
light smoke, from the fires over Alberta, Yukon and Alaska, extended
from portions of western Nunavut west through the Northwest Territories,
northwest Alberta, northern British Columbia into the North Pacific Ocean.
A broken band of smoke then curved back into portions of Northern
California and then through northwest Montana, southern Alberta into
western Saskatchewan.

Alaska....An area of moderate to high density smoke, from the numerous
ongoing fires over Alaska, extended over much of central Alaska.

DUST:
Western Gulf of Mexico and Western US Gulf Coast....An area of Saharan
Dust extended over the Western Gulf of Mexico north into the western
Gulf Coast States.

Hanna

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.