DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z June 14, 2014
SMOKE: Northwest Territories/British Columbia/Alberta: An expansive area of light-density smoke is located over central Northwest Territories, northeast British Columbia, and northern Alberta. Some localized areas of heavier density smoke are embedded within this large plume. This smoke originates from the multiple wildfires burning close to the Great Slave Lake. A strip of remnant smoke from these wildfires is located to the east of this large area of smoke, moving eastward. BLOWING DUST: California/Arizona/southern Nevada: Two areas of blowing dust are seen moving eastward/northeastward, originating in southern California. The northern portion of the blowing dusts extends from southern California into southern Nevada, and the southern portion of the blowing dust ranges from southern California into western Arizona. Central Nevada/Utah: Blowing dust is seen originating from several point sources throughout central Nevada. The most significant area of blowing dust in Nevada is currently in Esmeralda County moving southward towards the California border. An area of blowing dust is also seen in northwestern Utah moving southward. This dust originates from the Bonneville Salt Flats. Eastern Colorado: A strip of light-density blowing dust is moving northward through eastern Colorado, extending to the Nebraska panhandle by sunset. A smaller area of more dense dust is originating from Kiowa county and also moving north. Gulf of Mexico: Dust most likely originating from the Saharan desert is currently protruding into central and southern parts of the Gulf of Mexico. An outflow boundary appears to be keeping the Saharan dust away from the gulf coast states for the moment. Heeps 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