DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z June 16, 2020
SMOKE:
Southwestern/Central/Southeastern U.S./South Central Canada…
Moderate to thick smoke emission continues from the Mangum, Bush,
Sawtooth, Bighorn, and (to a lesser extent) Bringham fires in Arizona. The
smoke emanating from these fires was observed moving north-northeast
across eastern Arizona, eastern Utah, far northwestern Colorado, and
central Wyoming. A small area of moderately dense remnant smoke was also
observed across southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico. Along
with the specific fires listed above, other fire activity across the
Four Corners region is likely responsible for much of an expansive area
of mainly light remnant smoke that extends from the Great Plains and
Front Range into the Great Lakes, southeastern Canada, the Mississippi
Valley, and the northern Gulf of Mexico. This remnant smoke was moving
clockwise around an west-soutwest to east-northeast oriented ridge and
counter-clockwise around a trough/closed low over the Appalachians.
Alaska…
Fire activity across mainly southwestern Alaska was producing
moderate density smoke. This smoke was moving off mainly toward the
north-northeast. Some remnant smoke was also moving off toward the west
or west-northwest. It is also possible that more smoke and fire activity
is present across northern Alaska and northern Yukon Territory given
the persistence of activity in the area over the past few days. However,
a blanket of cloud cover has moved over the area and is inhibiting the
analysis of any fires or smoke in the region.
Mexico…
Seasonal fires in western and southern Mexico have started to produce
mainly light smoke early this afternoon. A small region of light remnant
smoke is present across the Mexican states of southern Jalisco, Colima,
Michoacan, northwestern Guerrereo, and southwestern Mexico.
BLOWING DUST…
Central Tropical Atlantic…
The same plume of Saharan dust coming off the African coast yesterday
was seen this afternoon as well. The plume had made it to between 44W
and 45W. It continues to slowly move off toward the west.
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