DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z September 4, 2014
SMOKE Western U.S: An extensive plume of light to heavy density smoke is visible extending from the Happy Camp wildfire complex occurring in northern California. The current smoke is moving southward over northern California and along the California coastline, and remnant light to moderate density smoke extends across southwestern North Dakota, southeastern Montana, western South Dakota, Wyoming, southeastern Idaho, northern Utah, and northern Nevada. Texas/Oklahoma: An area of light density remnant smoke is moving eastward over far northern Texas, the panhandle of Oklahoma, and southwestern Oklahoma. The smoke most likely originates from wildfires occurring in New Mexico. DUST: A large area of blowing dust persists over central portions of the U.S. The dust is seen lifting northward over Kansas, Nebraska, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota, and North Dakota. The dust is most likely Saharan in origin. 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