DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2345Z June 27, 2020
SMOKE:
Southwestern U.S…
Moderate density smoke was seen emanating from the Twin Fire in
southeastern Nevada moving towards the southeast across the Utah and
Arizona state borders, and from the Bighorn Fire near Tucson/Arizona
where the smoke is seen dispersing towards the east-northeast for about
100 miles approaching the New Mexico state border.
Mexico…
An area of mostly stagnant light density smoke was covering southern
Veracruz, northeastern Oaxaca and western Chiapas as a result of scattered
fire activity in that region.
SAHARAN DUST:
Southeastern U.S./Caribbean Region…
Saharan dust is still visible over the southeastern U.S. covering
most of South Carolina, eastern Georgia, central-southern Florida, and
the Bahamas, while advancing eastward for approximately 500 miles off
the coasts of Georgia and Florida. A second batch of Saharan dust is
traveling westward over the Caribbean region, impacting Puerto Rico,
the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and eastern Cuba, in addition
to covering most of the eastern and central Caribbean Sea.
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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