DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z July 6, 2020
SMOKE:
New Mexico…
Varying density smoke emission continues emanating from the Cub and
Vics Peak fires in southwestern New Mexico, with plumes that were moving
southwest before a wind shift started forcing the smoke almost due south.
California…
A persistent fire along the northern edge of the Hollister Valley in
central California was emanating thick smoke this morning and continues
to produce moderate to thick density smoke this afternoon. Much of this
smoke was moving east-northeast into the larger San Joaquin Valley and
then off towards the southeast once in the San Joaquin Valley.
South-central Canada…
A light area of remnant smoke, presumably from fires in Siberia, was
observed moving off toward the east south of a cyclone over northern
Manitoba.
UNKNOWN AEROSOL:
Off shore Mid-Atlantic…
Aerosol of unknown origin that has been observed over the past few days
has begun to thin out as it is stretched by a frontal system. It now
extends from North Carolina out to Bermuda and then the central North
Atlantic. A second smaller area of this aerosol also remains offshore
of Long Island northeast up to offshore of Nova Scotia with very light
concentrations between the two.
Midwest/Plains…
More unknown aerosol was observed over the Eastern CONUS. From Nebraska,
Kansas, and Oklahoma east and as far north as southern Ontario, a fairly
impressive layer of hazy aerosol had set up. The thickest portion was
residing over west-central Ohio, central Indiana, southern Illinois,
and central Missouri.
BLOWING DUST:
Caribbean Sea/Tropical and eastern Atlantic…
A surge of Saharan dust continues to emerge from North Africa. This
surge extends eastward across the Atlantic and over the Leeward Islands,
Puerto Rico, and Hispaniola. This leading edge continues to move westward.
Hosley
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)
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SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov