DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0110Z July 6, 2020
SMOKE:
New Mexico…
Light to moderate density smoke emission continues from Cub and Vics
Peak fires in southwestern New Mexico, with plumes dispersing towards
the south-southwest.
California…
A brush fire broke out in Santa Clara county this afternoon releasing
moderate smoke extending over areas 40 miles to the southeast. A second
fire ignited around 4:30pm in northern Los Angeles county was emitting
moderate to heavy density smoke towards the east.
UNKNOWN AEROSOL:
Off shore Mid-Atlantic…
Aerosol of unknown origin located approximately 200 miles offshore from
the South Carolina coastline could be seen extending for a few hundred
miles eastward towards Bermuda.
Midwest/Plains…
Another aerosol layer of unknown origin stretched over parts of the
Midwest and more noticeably over northern Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois,
Indiana and central-southern Ohio. The layer was moving eastward reaching
West Virginia.
BLOWING DUST:
Caribbean Sea…
Another surge of Saharan dust is traveling westward over the
central-western Caribbean Sea affecting parts of Hispaniola and Jamaica,
and approaching the Yucatan Peninsula.
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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