DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z June 18, 2020
SMOKE:
Large Area from the Southwestern and Central U.S. to the Northeastern
U.S. and to the Southeastern U.S./South Central and Southeastern
Canada/Northern Gulf of Mexico…
Similar to the past couple of days, a very large area of thin density
smoke attributed primarily to wildfires burning in the Southwestern
U.S. was seen covering the Southwestern, Central, Northeastern, and
Southeastern U.S. as well as South Central and Southeastern Canada
and the northern Gulf of Mexico. Areas of moderately dense to thick
smoke were visible extending from the wildfires in the Southwest to the
east and northeast over the Central and Southern Rockies to the Central
Plains. The thickest batch of leftover smoke was seen over central New
Mexico. New moderately dense to thick smoke was visible emanating from
the Mangum, Bush, Bighorn, and Bringham Fires in Arizona.
Alaska…
Cloudiness again likely interfered with smoke detection over Alaska
though some residual light density smoke was seen over west central
Alaska and areas of thin to locally moderate density smoke were noted
closer to a couple of wildfire complexes in southwestern Alaska.
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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