DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z June 15, 2020
SMOKE:
Area from the Southwestern U.S. to Montana/Dakotas and Southwestern
Canada…
A large area of leftover thin to locally moderately dense smoke was
visible across eastern Utah and western Colorado, much of Wyoming, the
eastern half of Montana, the Dakotas, and portions of Saskatchewan and
Alberta in southwestern Canada. This smoke was primarily due to the Magnum
Fire in north central Arizona which continued to emit moderately dense to
thick smoke during the day which moved off to the northeast. Additional
wildfires in central and southern Arizona, southwestern Colorado, as
well as northeastern and eastern Wyoming were also producing moderately
dense to thick smoke which gradually thinned out as the plumes moved
to the northeast. Thinner density smoke from the fires in southwestern
Colorado and central and southern Arizona spread out to the northeast
eventually crossing over Denver and the high plains of the Central U.S.
Central and Northwestern Texas/Western Oklahoma/Western Kansas…
Fires in west central Texas were emitting moderately dense smoke which
moved to the west during the day. Leftover thin density smoke attributed
mainly to fires in west central Texas and other fires in the region was
seen over northwestern Texas, western Oklahoma, and western Kansas.
South Central Canada/Great Lakes Region…
A swath of thin density aerosol which may be leftover smoke from fires in
Alaska, Northwestern Canada, or possible even Asia was visible spreading
southward from Ontario over portions of the U.P. and lower Michigan,
Lake Michigan, and across Chicago.
Alaska/Northwestern Canada…
Moderately dense to thick smoke was seen moving to the west from fires
in the central Yukon of northwestern Canada. Leftover thinner density
smoke from fire activity in the Yukon and northeastern Alaska was
visible over far northeastern Alaska and the northern portion of the
Yukon and Northwest Territories. Farther to the southwest, moderately
dense to locally thick smoke was visible moving to the north-northwest
from fires in southwestern Alaska. Cloud cover over portions of central
and western Alaska though did interfere with fire and smoke detection
in satellite imagery.
Western and Southern Mexico…
Numerous seasonal fires were detected over western and southern Mexico
resulting in a broad area of smoke over the region and extending offshore
to the south and southwest over the Pacific.
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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