Wednesday, November 17, 2010

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2315Z November 17, 2010

Texas
An area of light, blowing dust was observed in this evening's imagery
originating between Lubbock and Midland and moved to the south.
The leading edge of the dust nearly reached Del Rio by sunset.

An area of light smoke became detached from a fire observed near
Gatesville/Fort Hood.  The smoke plume moved to the east-northeast.
A separate plume closer to the surface remained attached to the fire
and moved to the east-southeast.

Gulf of Mexico
An area of unidentified aerosol was observed in the Gulf of Mexico along
a frontal boundary extending from near Tampa, Florida westward to the
Central Gulf of Mexico.

Northern CA
Numerous fires in northern California this evening produced light to
moderate smoke plumes which mainly drifted northward.

Arizona
Moderate to heavy smoke was present with a fire in this evening's
satellite imagery south of Show Low.  The smoke swirled around in
several directions.

Myrga

THE FORMAT OF THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS BEING MODIFIED. IT WILL NO LONGER
DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS PLUMES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES. THESE
PLUMES ARE DEPICTED IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE:

JPEG:   http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/land/hms.html
GIS:    http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm
KML:    http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html

THIS TEXT PRODUCT WILL CONTINUE TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE
WHICH HAVE BECOME DETACHED FROM AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE
SOURCE FIRE, TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. IT WILL ALSO
STILL INCLUDE DESCRIPTIONS OF BLOWING DUST. THE SMOKE TEXT PRODUCT IN
GENERAL SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THESE CHANGES OR THE SMOKE TEXT
PRODUCT IN GENERAL SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.