DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z May 11, 2012
Dust: Northwest US: A ribbon of suspected moderately dense dust from Asia was seen curling southward over eastern British Columbia into extreme northeast Washington and northern Idaho and across northwest Montana before turning to the northeast into southeast Saskatchewan. A broader area of light and into northern California. Desert Southwest: Blowing dust was being generated over the deserts of southern California and southern Nevada by gusty winds. The dust covered much of southeast California and extreme southern Nevada and adjoining areas of northwest Arizona. Blowing dust was also seen over west central Sonora state in northwest Mexico and was moving to the east. Smoke: Northern/Central Plains: An area of remnant light smoke stretches from north to south and begins in southeast North Dakota, extends into eastern Southern Dakota and into northeast Nebraska. J Kibler/Ruminski 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