DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z June 11, 2020
SMOKE:
Arizona/New Mexico...
Continued wildfire activity throughout the Desert Southwest was observed
emitting varying density smoke. The most intense smoke is emanating from
two fires along the southern end of the Mogollon Rim. Smoke was moving
mainly north from the fires, but remnant smoke from previous day’s
emissions was moving northeast to east across northeastern Arizona and
northern New Mexico.
Southern California/Baja...
Scattered wildfire activity from eastern Ventura County into northern
Baja California was observed producing moderate smoke this morning. The
main source of smoke is the activity in northern Baja California. The
smoke emanating from the fire activity was mainly moving west. However,
remnant smoke from the past few days was observed moving north across
the southern San Joaquin Valley and Death Valley.
Central California…
A wildfire along the western slopes of the central part of the Sierra
Nevada range was producing moderate to heavy smoke. The smoke was moving
off towards the north earlier this morning, but a slight wind shift
started moving the smoke more north-northwesterly late this morning.
Alaska…
A couple fires in central Alaska were observed producing light smoke
moving off toward the northeast. Wildfire activity continues over the
far southwestern part of Alaska in the Yukon Delta National Wildlife
Refuge. However, cloud cover is obscuring the region and impedes the
analysis of smoke.
Southern Plains…
Fires throughout the southern plains were observed producing light smoke
plumes that were moving clockwise around a high pressure center over
northwestern Arkansas.
Hosley
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