DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1400Z May 25, 2012
Smoke: US: The Baldy/Whitewater fire continues to generate copious amounts of dense smoke. The smoke from this fire now extends from New Mexico and Chihuahua, Mexico through Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky and into Ohio. The smoke varies from moderately dense to light through most of these areas with the dense smoke plumes staying close to the source. Canada: Smoke from fires in southern Ontario and Quebec is now moving northeast into Newfoundland. Dust/Sand: North-central US: A wide ribbon of what is likely dust/sand can be seen extending through central Nebraska, along the N/S Dakota border, into Minnesota and Wisconsin. The origin of this is attributed to blowing dust/sand incidents in Arizona/Nevada in combination with transported dust/sand from Siberia. Due to the capacious amount of smoke emitted by the Baldy/Whitewater fire, it is very probable smoke is also mixed within this area. Arizona: A small area of what may be remnant blowing dust/sand or remnant smoke is located in northeastern Arizona and is moving to the northeast. -Salemi 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