DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z June 22, 2020
SMOKE: Southeastern Canada... A light density plume moving to the east-northeast is detected over central Quebec from ongoing wildfires in the Lac Pipmuacan area. A detached light density plume is located along the south coast of Newfoundland. Southwestern U.S.... A large light to moderate density plume from several ongoing wildfires covers most of Arizona, southern New Mexico, and western Texas. Locally heavy density plumes are found near the wildfire clusters in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. The plume areas overall are moving to the east-southeast. DUST: Caribbean... A very large and thick Saharan Air Layer (SAL) dust plume covers the central and eastern Caribbean. This plume is moving westward and will overspread the rest of the Caribbean in the next day and eventually move into the Gulf of Mexico. 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