DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z June 11, 2020
SMOKE:
Oklahoma...
Several wildfires across the western part of the state are producing
light with a few moderate density plumes that are moving to the
southeast.
Arizona/New Mexico...
About half a dozen wildfires throughout the Desert Southwest are
observed emitting varying density smoke. The most intense smoke is
emanating from two fires in southwestern New Mexico. Much of the smoke
had been moving west or west-northwest earlier today, but a wind shift
is now advecting the smoke north and east across much of the region.
An isolated wildfire over northeastern New Mexico is producing a light
to moderate density plume that is moving to the north-northeast.
Southern California/Baja...
Scattered intense fire activity is observed producing moderate to thick
smoke from the coastal ranges of southern California into the northern
half of Baja California. The smoke from the fires in northern Baja was
moving offshore, then southward, and since has slowly moved eastwards.
Smoke from the fires in southern California is moving to the south.
Central California…
A wildfire along the western slopes of the central part of the
Sierra-Nevadas is producing a large light to moderate density plume
moving to the south-southwest.
Alaska...
A cluster of wildfires continues over the far southwestern part of the
state in the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge and is producing heavy
density plumes near the fire cluster moving to east-northeast. A
detached light to moderate density plume from this fire area covers much
of the southwest part of the state. Another cluster of wildfires between
Stevens Village and Rampart in the center of the state also continues
to burn and is producing a heavy density plume moving to the north.
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