DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z June 23, 2021
SMOKE: Western U.S. including Arizona and Western Colorado/Central U.S... Wildfire activity in North Central/Eastern Arizona and in Western Colorado was observed this morning, however smoke analysis was difficult in these regions due to cloud cover from a weather system present in the region. A large region of light to moderate density smoke attributed from ongoing wildfire activity in the Western U.S. in parts of Colorado and Arizona was observed over the North Central, Central, and South Central United States in early morning GOES visible satellite imagery. Western Atlantic Ocean... A large region of remnant light density smoke from fire activity in the CONUS over the past few days was observed south of Newfoundland ahead of a weather front in early morning GOES visible satellite imagery. Southern Mississippi Valley... Light density smoke attributed from ongoing wildfire activity in the Western U.S. was observed over parts of the Southern Mississippi Valley including parts of Arkansas and Louisiana. Western Ontario Province... Two wildfire complexes in far western Ontario Province near the Manitoba border were observed, however cloud cover over this region made smoke analysis difficult in this morning’s GOES visible satellite imagery. Sambucci 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