DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z June 27, 2020
SMOKE:
Southwestern U.S…
A swath of mainly thin to moderately dense smoke was seen this morning
stretching from southern Nevada over southern Utah and far northern
Arizona to southwestern and central Colorado. This smoke was primarily due
to wildfires burning in southern Nevada and southwestern Utah. The Twin
Fire in southern Nevada and the Rock Path Fire in southwestern Utah were
emitting moderate to localized thicker new smoke this morning. Farther
to the south, wildfires in Arizona and New Mexico were responsible for an
area of thin to moderately dense smoke impacting central and southeastern
Arizona along with southwestern, central and east central New Mexico. The
Bush Fire in south central Arizona and the Vics Peak Fire in southwestern
New Mexico were producing moderately dense to locally thick smoke this
morning which was moving generally to the east and northeast.
SAHARAN DUST:
Southern and Southeastern U.S./Eastern Caribbean Region…
The western most leading edge of a new surge of relatively thick Saharan
dust was visible this morning slowly spreading to the west over Puerto
Rico, Hispaniola, western Cuba, and the central and eastern Caribbean
Sea. Some of the original batch of Saharan dust was still visible
over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico and extending inland over the
South Central and Southeastern U.S. and off the east coast of Florida,
Georgia, and South Carolina. However, cloudiness over the South Central
and Southeastern U.S. and farther to the north significantly limited
detection of the dust in satellite imagery. The most substantial portion
of the dust detected in satellite imagery in a relatively cloud free
area was along and off the coast of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
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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