DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z November 3, 2011
Western Oregon/Northern California: Smoke from numerous fires covers much of western Oregon and northern California. The smoke plumes, at their thickest, are moderate in density and are located near the sources. These plumes are embedded within a much larger, thin density remnant smoke mass that extends from central California north through southern Washington. Southern California: A large wildfire near San Diego is producing a broad area of light to moderate density remnant smoke that is being emitted both east and west from the source. The smoke stretches as far west as a few hundred kilometers off the California coast and as far east as south central California. West Texas/Southeast New Mexico Significant area of blowing dust seen in this evening's visible satellite imagery over most of west Texas and in the south and southeast parts of New Mexico. The dust in New Mexico originated partly from White Sands, MN and partly from the west Texas desert. This event is a result of ~25kt northerly winds associated with a cold front pushing south. Dust was observed from approximately 18Z to 0Z. Ramirez THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS 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.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 ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov