DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z July 8, 2020
SMOKE:
Great Basin into the northern Plains…
Thick smoke was emanating from the Numbers Fire in western Nevada. The
smoke was not observed getting too far from the parent fire. However,
light to moderate density smoke was observed from northeastern Nevada
northeast all the way into southern Manitoba. The thickest remnant smoke
was over northern Utah and southwestern Wyoming. The Twin fire north of
Las Vegas was also producing light to moderate smoke this morning that
was moving north then northeast.
Four Corners…
The Cub fire in southwestern New Mexico continues to produce thick smoke
this morning. The smoke was moving off toward the south-southeast. An area
of thin remnant smoke was observed at sunrise extending from southwest
Colorado south into western New Mexico.
Maui…
A fire has broken out in north-central Maui this morning. The smoke from
this fire, which is light to moderate in density, was observed moving
off toward the southwest.
UNKNOWN AEROSOL:
Midwest/Ohio Valley/Great Lakes…
A large area of aerosol of unknown origin and composition was observed
extending from Missouri into New England. This aerosol was slowly moving
off toward the east-northeast. There is some possibility that at least
some of this aerosol may be composed of leftover smoke from the fires
in the Southwestern U.S. and possibly Saharan dust, though neither
hypothesis cannot be confirmed from satellite imagery.
BLOWING DUST:
Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/Central America/Caribbean Sea/Tropical and Eastern
Atlantic…
A layer of Saharan dust was still seen extending across the Yucatan,
eastern Mexico and out over much of the Gulf of Mexico and the shores of
Texas and Louisiana. Some may be making it ashore across central Florida
over Tampa Bay. Another surge of more dense Saharan dust is becoming
trapped within a large high pressure area over the central Tropical
Atlantic. A thinner band of Saharan dust extends west-northwest across
the northern Caribbean Sea and Islands.
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)
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO:
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov