DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1515 May 3, 2013
Smoke: N. California and Nevada: A large area of light to dense remnant smoke is visible from the wildfire, Panther, in eastern Tehama county, California. The middle to lower level smoke is visible moving from northern California to the west into the Pacific Ocean, covering portions of the northern valley including Glenn, Butte, Mendocino, Lake, N. Colusa counties. Higher elevation smoke has been moving east ward over the N. Sierras to central Nevada covering much of Pershing, Lander, Eureka, NE Nye, Western White Pine counties. Moderately dense smoke is trapped in the valleys of Plumas county. S. California: A plume of dense smoke is visible from wildfire Spring, located in Ventura county, California. The smoke is moving southwest and covers the Channel Islands and adjacent Pacific Ocean (out to 131km~ from source.) Oegerle 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.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