DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0132Z February 8, 2018
SMOKE: Southeast CONUS... A handful of fires in Florida were observed emitting smoke this afternoon. Broken cloud cover obscured the view of Florida for much of the afternoon, limiting the number of smoke plumes analyzed. Of more significance, a fire on Andros Island in the Bahamas was seen producing a large smoke plume this afternoon that was approaching the Florida coast. Smoke from this fire, along with those emanating from fires in Florida, was moving off to the north-northwest. South-Central CONUS... About a dozen or so fires were observed emitting smoke this afternoon from west Texas into southwestern Missouri. A fire in northeastern New Mexico and a fire in west Texas were both emitting smoke for much of the afternoon. The smoke from those fires was observed moving to the north-northeast, while much of the rest of the smoke was observed moving south in the wake of a cold frontal passage. Northern California... A number of fires were observed emitting light smoke throughout Northern Caifornia, many of which were in the northern San Joaquin Valley. Within the valley, the smoke plumes were moving toward the south, while those on the western rim were moving west and one on the eastern rim was moving north. Colorado River Delta/Arizona... Over half a dozen fires were seen emitting thin density smoke from the mouth of the Colorado River into northern Arizona. These thin smoke plumes were observed moving off to the south around an anticyclone over the Las Vegas area. BLOWING DUST: Central Nevada... In Churchill County, between New Pass Peak and Mount Augusta, blowing dust was observed being lifted from a dry lake bed. The dust was confined within the valley between New Pass Peak and Mount Augusta as it moved off toward the southwest. Hosley 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