DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1701Z June 20, 2020

SMOKE:
Large area from the Southwestern U.S. to the Central, Northeastern,
and Southeastern U.S./South Central to Southeastern Canada…
The pattern continues with a very large leftover mass of thin density
smoke present again today emanating from wildfires in the Southwestern
U.S. and covering the region from Arizona and southern Utah eastward
and northeastward across the Central U.S. and up over South Central
and Southeastern Canada as well as the northern part of Maine. Another
branch of the leftover thin density smoke extended over a portion of
the Southeastern U.S. Within this large area of thin density smoke was
a region of moderate to thick density smoke. It was not known if the
thin or thicker smoke extended any farther towards the central and
northeastward U.S. due to significant cloud cover over the Central
Plains. New moderately dense to thick smoke was seen near the Mangum,
Bush, and Bighorn Fires in Arizona. Also, two wildfires burning in
southeastern Quebec in southeastern Canada were observed producing long
plumes of moderate to thick density smoke. This smoke was extending to
the east and southeast over northern New Brunswick and Newfoundland and
into the North Atlantic.







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

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.