DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1618Z June 9, 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 blankets much of the North-Central to south-Central
U.S., this smoke has combined with the ongoing seasonal fires in Mexico
and Central America. 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
remains in the area.
DUST:
Tropical Atlantic Ocean to the southeastern Caribbean Islands…
Thick Saharan Dust was observed extending from Africa across the tropical
Atlantic Ocean across the Lesser Antilles and into the western half
of the Caribbean Sea encroaching on Central America. This Saharan Dust
Layer was moving westward across the Caribbean.
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