DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1622Z June 8, 2021
SMOKE: Arizona, New Mexico, Central/North-Central/South-Central U.S., Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/Central America/Pacific south of Mexico... The Mescal and Telegraph wildfire complexes in Southeastern Arizona and the Doagy Fire in western New Mexico continue to emit light to moderate density smoke that now blankets much of the North to south-Central U.S., this smoke has combined with the ongoing seasonal fires in Mexico and Central America causing a large area of light to moderate density smoke covering much of northern/southern/central Mexico, Central America, a portion of the Pacific south of Mexico, the western Gulf of Mexico. 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. 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