DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0051Z June 6, 2021
SMOKE:
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana...
In northeast Oregon on the border of Washington a light to moderate
density smoke plume attributed to wildfires was observed moving northeast
in direction over southeastern Washington, northern Idaho, and western
Montana.
Southeastern Arizona...
The Mescal and Telegraph wildfire complexes in Southeastern Arizona were
emitting light to Heavy density smoke progressing east into New Mexico
and then is swept south extending to the Mexico boarder.
California...
In northern California a light to moderate density smoke plume attributed
to a probable wildfire was observed moving northeast in direction.
Utah...
In northern and southern Utah two light to moderate density smoke plumes
attributed to wildfires were observed through the clouds moving northeast
in direction.
Central Manitoba...
In Central Manitoba a light to heavy density smoke plumes attributed to
wildfire were observed through the clouds moving northeast in direction.
Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/Central America/Pacific south of Mexico...
A large area of light to moderate density smoke remains in the area
covering parts of northern/southern/central Mexico, Central America,
a portion of the Pacific south of Mexico, and the southwestern Gulf of
Mexico. Embedded patches of moderate to heavy density smoke were visible
in association with some of the more active fires especially in Mexico,
and along the coasts. This entire area of smoke was due mainly to the
ongoing seasonal fires in Mexico and Central America.
Dust...
Southeastern Caribbean Sea and Central/Eastern Tropical Atlantic Ocean...
A large region of light density Saharan dust was observed over parts of
the Eastern and Central Tropical Atlantic Ocean.
Eglin
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