DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z June 14, 2020
SMOKE:
The Rockies…
About half a dozen wildfires from Arizona north into western Montana were
observed producing moderate to thick density smoke this afternoon. The
most intense activity was associated with a fire in north-central Arizona
and a fire in western Montana. Both were producing thick smoke. Smoke
from the north-central Arizona fire extended north-northeast, then north
into far southwestern Saskatchewan. Smoke from the fire in Wyoming and
the fire in Montana was moving north to north-northwest. Of note here
is the presence of cloud cover, which inhibited smoke analysis, even
for some of the large smoke plumes.
Southern Plains/Western Gulf…
A good dozen to a dozen and a half smoke producing fires were observed
from Kansas to Texas to Mississippi. The bulk of the emitted smoke was
light, but two or three did produce thicker smoke than the rest. Smoke
was moving north to north-northeast across Kansas, Oklahoma, and
northwest Texas while smoke was moving west-southwest across eastern
Texas Louisiana and Mississippi. Also observed as the sun was setting
was an area of light remnant smoke in the area of a front draped from
a cyclone just south of New Orleans west across the Rio Grande Valley
and then north to near the Front Range.
Northern Baja California…
Fire activity kicked up this afternoon across northern Baja
California. The smoke from these fires, mainly light to moderate in
density, was generally moving west across Baja California and into the
Yuma, Arizona metro area.
Alaska/Yukon…
Fire activity across northern Alaska and northern Yukon Territory was
producing light to moderate density smoke that was generally moving
west or west-northwest. More fire activity in southwestern Alaska
was also producing light to moderate density smoke that was extending
west-northwest as far as to between St. Lawrence Island and Nome, Alaska.
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