DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1613Z June 27, 2021
SMOKE:
Ontario, Minnesota...
In western Ontario a large area of mostly moderate density smoke
attributed to wildfires was observed initially moving east across Ontario
in direction and is then pushed southwest over northern Minnesota before
entering areas of heavy cloud cover.
California...
In northern California a light to heavy density smoke plume attributed
to wildfires were observed spreading in all directions around the fire.
Southwestern 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 southwest from both
fire complexes. Smoke from the wildfires are progressing over most of
Arizona, northwestern Mexico, southern California, southern New Mexico,
and west Texas.
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 eastern half of
the Caribbean Sea.
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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