DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0400Z November 17, 2013
blowing dust/sand: Northwest Texas/Oklahoma/Kansas/Colorado: Blowing dust was visible this evening across north Texas. A thick density isolated plume was seen originating from just west of Amarillo beginning at ~1900Z. Just to its south, a broader area on moderate to thin density dust/sand was visible. Dust/sand moved northeast across the Oklahoma panhandle into central Kansas by sunset. A few other sand/dust plumes were identified at sunset over south central Colorado near Pueblo. Alaska: Strong winds funneling through the lower Copper River basin into the Gulf of Alaska were generating a plume of glacial silt that was observed from just east of Cordova and moving south into the Gulf. The plume extended approximately 500km offshore. LP/Ruminski 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