DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z November 9, 2011
Eastern Dakotas/Western Minnesota: Numerous seasonal fires were detected over eastern North Dakota, eastern South Dakota, and western Minnesota. A number of rather small smoke plumes were visible in satellite imagery in this region as well. Western and Northwestern US/Southwestern Canada: Fires were scattered over a large area stretching from central California northward to southern British Columbia. Cloudiness did move across this region during the day which significantly interfered with smoke detection in satellite imagery. At least smoke was visible from these fires primarily over northern and central California. Western Texas: Gusty northwesterly winds behind a cold front kicked up an area of mainly thin density blowing dust which emanated from sources between Lubbock and Midland in western Texas. The area of blowing dust reached north central Texas (west and southwest of Dallas-Ft. Worth) just prior to sunset. 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