DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z June 27, 2021
SMOKE:
Southwestern and South Central U.S...
A large region of light to moderate density smoke emitted from the
Rafael, Horton, and Bear wildfire complexes in Arizona was observed
this evening. Thick density smoke was observed progressing southward
from the Rafael fire and southeastward from the Horton and Bear
fire complexes. Smoke from the wildfires are progressing over most
of Central/Southern Arizona as well as over parts of Northwestern
Mexico, Southeastern California, and Western New Mexico. Smoke from
the Southwestern U.S. wildfires was also observed well to the northeast
over parts of central Kansas, western Oklahoma, and northwestern Texas
in this evening GOES visible satellite imagery.
Louisiana to the Lower and Middle Mississippi Valley and Ohio Valley...
A large region of light to moderate density smoke attributed to the
wildfires in the Southwestern U.S. was visible between breaks in the
clouds extending from Louisiana to the north over the Lower and Middle
Mississippi Valley region and then to the northeast from there over the
Ohio Valley region to western New York and Western Pennsylvania in this
evening’s GOES visible satellite imagery.
West Central to South Central Canada...
A large region of light density smoke likely originating from a few
wildfires in central and eastern Alaska and northwestern Canada was
seen from the southeast part of the Northwest Territories/northeastern
Alberta/northwestern Saskatchewan extending to the southeast to east
central Saskatchewan and central Manitoba. A region of light to moderate
density smoke was seen in between breaks in the clouds extending from
central Ontario eastward across James Bay to western Quebec. The smoke
was due mainly to wildfire activity in western Ontario. A region of thick
smoke was visible closer to the larger wildfire in southwestern/south
central Ontario. Clouds over south central Canada prevented additional
information on the extent and density of the smoke from these wildfires
in satellite imagery.
Alaska and Northwestern Canada...
Cloud cover prevented much in the way of smoke detection in satellite
imagery especially with a wildfire complex in central Alaska, however
earlier today thin to moderate density smoke was visible extending to
the east across the northern Yukon in northwestern Canada from a wildfire
located in the northern Yukon.
Western Atlantic...
A broad area of remnant thin density smoke with source likely from the
wildfire activity in south central Canada and/or from the wildfires
in the Southwestern U.S. was observed this evening stretching from the
Canadian Maritimes to the east and northeast across southern Greenland
and the Northern Atlantic Ocean.
Southern Mexico/Bay of Campeche...
A region of light to moderate density smoke was observed over parts
of coastal Southern Mexico and parts of the Bay of Campeche offshore
drilling platforms in this evening GOES visible satellite imagery.
Dust:
A large region of light to moderate density Saharan dust was observed
to the east of the Lesser Antilles over the Eastern and Central Tropical
Atlantic 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)
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SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov