DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0236Z June 19, 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 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.
DUST:
Caribbean Sea….
An area of Saharan Dust extended westward through portions of the southern
Caribbean Sea and northern coast of South America towards the southwest
Caribbean Sea.
Hanna
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