DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z June 22, 2020
SMOKE:
Southeastern Canada...
A light density plume moving to the east-northeast is detected over
central Quebec from ongoing wildfires in the Lac Pipmuacan area. A
detached light density plume is located along the south coast of
Newfoundland.
Southwestern U.S....
A large light to moderate density plume from several ongoing wildfires
covers most of Arizona, southern New Mexico, and western Texas.
Locally heavy density plumes are found near the wildfire clusters in
southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. The plume areas
overall are moving to the east-southeast.
DUST:
Caribbean...
A very large and thick Saharan Air Layer (SAL) dust plume covers the
central and eastern Caribbean. This plume is moving westward and will
overspread the rest of the Caribbean in the next day and eventually
move into the Gulf of Mexico.
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