DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z June 21, 2020
SMOKE:
Southeastern Canada...
A narrow light to moderate density plume from ongoing wildfires in
southern Quebec is spreading east-southeastward across the Gulf of St.
Lawrence to south of Newfoundland.
Desert Southwest...
A large light to moderate density and relatively stagnant plume is
found across central and northern Arizona from the ongoing Bush
Wildfire northeast of Phoenix. A couple of other wildfires across
southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico are producing small light
to moderate density plumes.
DUST:
A large light to moderate density Saharan Air Layer (SAL) dust plume
is currently over the eastern Caribbean moving westward and is
overspreading Puerto Rico. Expect this dust to increase in density
with time and cover much of the Caribbean in the next two days.
Konon
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