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