Saturday, November 5, 2011

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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.