DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z June 8, 2020
SMOKE:
Arizona/New Mexico/Colorado...
A number of wildfires with large light to heavy density plumes quickly
moving off to the northeast are occurring over eastern Arizona, parts
of New Mexico, and southeastern Colorado.
Alaska...
A cluster of wildfires producing a light to moderate density plume
moving to the south-southeast is found over the far southwestern part
of the state in the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. Another
cluster of wildfires between Stevens Village and Rampart in the center
of the state is producing a light to moderate density plume that is
moving to the northwest.
Mexico...
An area of mostly light smoke, from the large number of fires over
the western part of the country in the last few days, extends along
the southwestern Pacific coast northwest to just east of Baja. Several
light density narrow plumes moving to the northeast are found over the
southwest part of the state of Chihuahua.
Konon
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