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. DUST: Tropical Atlantic Ocean to the southeastern Caribbean Islands… An area of blowing dust was seen extending west through the Tropical Atlantic Ocean through the southeastern Caribbean Islands and into the southeastern Caribbean Sea. 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