DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0115Z May 27, 2014
Dust/Sand: S Arizona/NW Sonora: Light dust/sand can be seen moving SW out of south central Pima county starting around 23Z from the dry river bed region SW of Sells, AZ. The plume is wide WNW to ESE but only extends about 10-15 miles to the SW into N Sonora. Additionally, light sand can be seen converging across NW Sonora and N Sea of Cortez starting around the same time 23Z. Smoke: Alaska/N Canada/E Gulf of Alaska: Please see graphic/GIS pages below for very large area of smoke from the Funny River Complex on the Kenai peninsula. Smoke from prior days reaches as far E as the Hudson Bay across the Canadian Territories a well as nearly 50N over the eastern Gulf of Alaska, as well as covering much of South Central AK. Gallina 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.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/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