DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z December 6, 2009
Southwestern Utah: Blowing dust from a point source in south central Millard County of west central Utah was observed in satellite imagery moving to the south into southwestern Utah. Western Nevada: A streak of blowing dust from a source in central Esmeralda County of west central Nevada was spreading in a southeasterly direction. Central and Southern California: More blowing dust emanating from sources in northern Inyo County of east central California were moving to the southeast. Another plume of blowing dust was visible moving to the northeast from a dry lake bed in northwestern San Bernardino County of southern California. Also, a large patch of aerosol of unknown origin and composition was observed in GOES-East imagery with the favorable low sun angle just prior to sunset across a good portion of central and south central California. The aerosol was particularly concentrated in the valley region to the wast of the Sierra-Nevada range. South Central Canada: A large black smoke plume was visible moving to the southwest from a fire burning near the border of Saskatchewan and Manitoba provinces in south central Canada. News stories indicate this plume is the result of a propane explosion and fire from a train derailment. JS For graphical information on the smoke plumes and associated fires which were detected, please refer to the links below. 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.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/land/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