Saturday, February 25, 2012

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0345Z February 26, 2012

Nevada:
Blowing dust was observed in several locations in Nevada this evening.
--An area of dust originating in Churchill County near Carson Sink moved
east into Eureka County.
--An area of dust originating at the Lander/Eureka County line moved
east into Pine County.
--An area of dust originating in Esmeralda County moved to the southeast
into Nye County.

Utah:
Dust from the Bonneville Flats in Tooele County moved to the southeast
and into Millard County by sunset.

Great Plains:
Dust originated in numerous north Texas counties this evening: Moore,
Sherman, Hansford, Ochiltree, Roberts, Carson and Randall.  Dust moved to
the NNE over the Oklahoma panhandle and into the western third of Kansas.
By sunset, dust from Texas reached Red Willow and Furnas Counties in
southern Nebraska.

Arkansas:
Fires in northwestern Arkansas produced locally dense smoke for
communities in Sebastian, Logan, Yell, and Pope Counties.

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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.