DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0052Z June 21, 2021
SMOKE:
Much of the Lower 48/Northern Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, Eastern Pacific
to the west of California and Mexico...
The enormous area of thin density smoke was still visible this afternoon
covering much of the lower 48 in the U.S. with the exception of the
area stretching from Washington, eastward to the Northern plains and
Rockies. The smoke also was present over the far western Atlantic off the
U.S. east coast, northern and western Mexico, and the eastern Pacific off
the coast of California and western Mexico. Within the thinner density
smoke was a sizable batch of moderately dense smoke over western Mexico,
virtually all of the Southwestern and South Central U.S. from southern
California and Nevada eastward where it expands north and south along the
Mississippi Valley. Thicker smoke was also visible closer to some of the
wildfires in Arizona and western New Mexico. The majority of this vast
coverage of smoke was due to wildfires burning especially in Arizona,
New Mexico, Utah, and southern Montana as well as western Mexico.
Oregon...
In north and south-central Oregon two light to heavy density smoke plumes
attributed to wildfires were observed moving northwest initially then
it spreads in all directions around the state.
Colorado...
In western Colorado two large light to heavy density smoke plumes
attributed to wildfires were observed moving east across the state.
Utah...
In eastern Utah a moderate to heavy density smoke plume attributed to
wildfires was visible with the smoke moving east in direction.
California...
In central California a light to heavy density smoke plume attributed
to wildfires was visible with the smoke moving north in direction.
Cloud cover over portions of the Lower 48 and Canada precluded further
smoke analysis.
DUST:
Caribbean region/Bahamas/Southern Florida…
A very expansive area of Saharan dust covered much of the Caribbean
region including Cuba, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, the
eastern Gulf of Mexico, and the Yucatan Peninsula. The dust also extended
well east of the islands all the way across the tropical and subtropical
Atlantic to the west coast of Africa.
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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