DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z June 17, 2020
SMOKE:
Large Area from the Central and Southwestern U.S. and South Central
Canada eastward to Southeastern Canada, the Northeastern U.S., and the
Southeastern U.S…
Similar to yesterday, a huge area of leftover thin density smoke
attributed mainly to ongoing wildfire activity in the Southwestern
U.S. was seen covering much of the country from the Southwest and
Central U.S. eastward to off the Northeast coast and off the Southeast
coast. Additional thin density smoke also was present over the northern
and central Gulf of Mexico and could also be seen over portions of the
region from South Central Canada to Southeastern Canada though cloud
cover there did interfere with detection in satellite imagery. Embedded
within this large mass of thin density smoke was an area of moderate to
thick smoke which affected the region from southern Utah and Arizona
northeastward over Colorado and the eastern third of Wyoming to the
western Dakotas and western Nebraska. New swaths of moderately dense to
thick smoke were visible this morning emanating from the Mangum, Bush,
and Bighorn fires in Arizona.
California…
A band of remnant mainly thin density smoke was seen spreading to the
south over the interior valley region of central California which was
believed to be from a few fires in and near the central Sierras as well
as the San Joaquin Valley. A new stripe of moderately dense smoke was
noted moving south from a fire east of Stockton in central California.
Alaska/Northwestern Canada…
Cloudiness likely inhibited smoke detection from some of the recent
wildfire activity scattered in portions of Alaska and Northwestern
Canada though a possible leftover band of thin density smoke was seen
over extreme northeastern Alaska, the northern Yukon, and the northwest
part of the Northwest Territories in northwestern Canada. Another patch
of possible leftover thin density smoke was visible moving to the west
over far western Alaska and offshore over the Bering Sea.
Mexico…
Seasonal fires in western and southern Mexico resulted in a broad area
of thin density smoke covering the region as well as extending to the
south and west over the nearby Pacific.
JS
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