Monday, June 7, 2021

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z June 7, 2021

SMOKE:
Western Quebec and Central Ontario to the Upper Midwest and Central
Plains States….
A narrow axis of light density smoke that is believed to come from the
fires over the southwest United States was seen extending from portions
of western Quebec through southern Ontario, the Upper Midwest and into
the Central Plains of the United States.

Southwest United States and Mexico….
Fires over the southwestern United States and also over Mexico were
combining to produce a large area of light density smoke that extended
over much of Mexico, the coastal tropical eastern Pacific Ocean, the
southern Baja and into the southwestern United States.  Included in this
area was an area of moderate density smoke that extended from portions
of central New Mexico northwest into southeastern Utah.

Eastern New England and extending offshore….
An area that is believed to be light smoke of unknown origin was
extending from offshore coastal New England west into portions of eastern
Massachusetts, southern Maine and southern New Hampshire.

Hanna


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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.