DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z June 26, 2021
SMOKE:
Southwestern and South Central U.S./Middle and Lower Mississippi
Valley/Western Ohio River Valley...
A large region of light to moderate density smoke attributed to
wildfires in the Southwestern U.S. was seen this evening over portions
of the Southwestern, Central, and South Central United States. Light to
moderate density smoke was also observed over part of the Middle and
Lower Mississippi Valley and extending to the east over parts of Ohio,
Kentucky, and West Virginia. Weather clouds over eastern Montana and
Wyoming across the North Central and Central U.S. and over the eastern
Great Lakes region prevented information on the extent of the smoke in
these areas in satellite imagery. Regions of thick density smoke were
observed from the Rafael Fire complex in central Arizona and the Horton
Fire and Bear Fire complexes in eastern Arizona where smoke was seen
progressing eastward towards Western New Mexico in this evening’s
satellite imagery.
North Central/South Central Canada...
A large region of light to moderate density smoke was observed over
parts of the Eastern Northwest Territories, Northern Saskatchewan,
Central/Southern Manitoba, and most of Western/Northern Ontario Provinces
from wildfire complex activity.
Thick density smoke was observed from wildfire activity in Southwestern
Ontario progressing eastward in this evening’s GOES visible satellite
imagery.
Alaska and Northwestern Canada...
Earlier today, Wildfires were still visible in satellite imagery in
between breaks in the clouds early this morning in central Alaska and
the northern Yukon in northwestern Canada though cloud cover earlier and
still this evening prevented much in the way of smoke detection across
the region. A possible patch of thin density smoke attributed to the
wildfire in the northern Yukon was seen moving to the east over the
northern portion of the Northwest Territories.
Southern Mexico and Southwestern Gulf of Mexico...
Light to moderate density smoke was parts of Southern Mexico including
Tabasco, Veracruz, and Chiapas and parts of the Southwestern Gulf of
Mexico in this evening’s GOES visible satellite imagery.
Western Atlantic...
A region of remnant light density smoke was present over the Western
Atlantic due east of the Mid-Atlantic coast and due south of Nova
Scotia. The source of this possible smoke was not known as it has likely
been suspended aloft for many days.
Dust:
A small region of blowing dust was observed in Northwestern Mexico over
the Northern Gulf of California. A region of dust of unknown origin was
also observed over the Western Gulf of Mexico in this evening’s GOES
visible satellite imagery.
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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