DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z June 13, 2014
SMOKE: Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba/Dakotas/Minnesota: An expansive area of light-density smoke is visible stretching from edge of Great Slave Lake, across Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba moving southeastward into the Dakotas and western Minnesota. This remnant smoke originates from wildfires burning just south of the Great Slave Lake. California: A small patch of light smoke could be seen north of Sacramento within the Valley. This is likely due to the small fires burning in the same area. Arizona/Southern Nevada/Southern Utah: A small patch of light density remnant smoke was visible moving from extreme southeast California northeastward across northwest Arizona into southern Utah. This smoke likely originates from a few fires in the vicinity as well as from a cluster of fires just south of the US California border. BLOWING DUST: Oregon/California/Nevada: A significant amount of blowing dust is visible extending from portions of Oregon and Nevada towards the east-northeast. Around 1615Z, dust started blowing from Goose and Summer Lakes in Oregon and a few smaller points in between and was quickly moving through central Idaho per 0115Z GOES visible image. At 2100Z, dust started blowing from Fallon National Wildlife Refuge and the Black Rock Desert area in Nevada and was extending east-northeast through northern Nevada towards Utah and southern Idaho. The dust is moving fairly quickly due to 20-30 kt southwesterly surface winds in the region. Vogt Miller 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