DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z June 29, 2021
SMOKE:
Manitoba/Ontario/Minnesota...
Wildfires in far southwestern Ontario were producing a large area of
light to moderate density smoke that covered a significant part of
Ontario and northern Minnesota. Heavy density smoke was found in the
immediate vicinity of the wildfires. Several wildfires in southeastern
Manitoba were producing a small area of smoke up to heavy density over
that part of the province.
Northwestern Canada...
In the far southwestern part of the Northwest Territories, a large
wildfire was producing a long, narrow light density plume that extended
eastward across the central part of the province and then southeastward
across northern Alberta and Saskatchewan. Moderate density plumes were
found in the immediate vicinity of the wildfire.
California/Oregon...
A large wildfire over the north-central part of the state near the
Oregon border was producing an area of light to moderate density smoke
that was was spreading northwest over southwestern Oregon into the
coastal waters of the Pacific.
Southwestern U.S./Mexico...
Ongoing wildfires over central Arizona were spreading a large light to
moderate density plume to the south and west covering southeastern
California, Baja, and northwestern Mexico.
DUST:
Atlantic...
A thin plume of Saharan dust was detected near the Lesser Antilles
moving westward.
Konon
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