DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z November 6, 2011
Western Texas/Western Oklahoma/Western Kansas: Gusty winds along a cold front kicked up a rather extensive area of thin to moderate density blowing dust which extended from southern New Mexico/far western Texas(near and SE of El Paso)/northern Mexico to western Oklahoma and western Kansas. In addition, a wind fanned fire blew up in Gaines County of western Texas resulting in a moderately dense smoke plume which quickly moved off to the northeast. Southeastern US: Fires were widely scattered across the southeastern US during the day with a number of relatively small smoke plumes detected in satellite imagery. North Dakota/Minnesota/South Central Canada: Numerous seasonal fires were detected through patchy cloudiness across the region. However, the cloudiness was enough to prevent smoke detection in satellite imagery. Western and Northwestern US/Southern British Columbia: Cloudiness was widespread over the area stretching from California northward to British Columbia which limited fire and smoke detection in satellite imagery. A few smoke plumes were visible through the clouds in southern British Columbia. JS THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS 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.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 ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov