DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST/SO2 OBSERVED IN SATELLITE
IMAGERY
Strong winds are blowing dust and/or sand to the south through most of southern Nevada at this time, just north of metro Las Vegas. In addition, numerous plumes of dust/sand are blowing to the east across southern California in San Bernardino County. Also, in central Arizona, a swath of dust and/or sand is blowing to the northeast across northeast Arizona, northwest New Mexico, extreme southeast Utah, and southeast Colorado. RCE THE FORMAT OF THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS BEING MODIFIED. IT WILL NO LONGER DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS PLUMES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES. THESE PLUMES ARE DEPICTED IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/hms.html GIS: http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm KML: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html THIS TEXT PRODUCT WILL CONTINUE TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE WHICH HAVE BECOME DETACHED FROM AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE, TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. IT WILL ALSO STILL INCLUDE DESCRIPTIONS OF BLOWING DUST. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THESE CHANGES OR THE SMOKE TEXT PRODUCT IN GENERAL SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov