Wednesday, May 23, 2012

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z May 24, 2012

Blowing Dust/Sand in the United States:
Dust originated in the following places this evening:
Nevada:
1.  eastern Nye County around 22/2315Z;  dust moved southeast
2.  Clark County (Las Vegas) around 22/2315Z;  dust moved northeast
3.  Churchill County around 22/2215Z;  dust moved southeast
4.  Washoe County around 22/2215Z; dust moved south over Pyramid Lake
5.  Esmeralda County around 22/2345Z;  dust moved southeast along
NV/CA border

California:
1.  eastern Kern County around 22/2145Z;  dust moved southeast

Arizona:
1.  southwestern Maricopa County around 22/2145Z;  dust moved northeast
to Phoenix
2.  Najavo and Apache Counties around 22/2315Z;  dust moved northeast
to the Four Corners area

New Mexico:
1.  San Juan/McKinley Counties around 22/2145Z;  dust moved northeast
into Rio Arriba County

Blowing Dust/Sand in Mexico:
Dust originated in the following places this evening:
Sonora:
Numerous areas of blowing dust began near the Gulf of California this
evening. This dust moved to the northeast and started around 22/2015Z.
The dust entered the United States around 22/2315Z in Pima and Santa Cruz
Counties (AZ) and extended as far north as Maricopa County (AZ) by sunset.

Chihuahua:
Several dust plumes began in northern Chihuahua near the New Mexico
border this evening.  The dust began around 22/2000Z and moved to the
east-northeast over El Paso.  By sunset, the dust extended as far east
as Loving, Winkler, and Reeves Counties in Texas.

Smoke in the United States:
New Mexico/Texas:
A very impressive smoke plume attached to the Baldy/Whitewater fire
in New Mexico was viewed this evening.  The smoke extended as far east
as Austin, Texas by sunset, which is approximately 760 miles away from
the source. By 23/0015Z, the leading edge of the smoke was near Blanco,
Travis and Williamson Counties in central Texas.  Much of southern New
Mexico was blanketed under heavy smoke.

Lower Mississippi River Valley:
Scores of agricultural burns in Louisiana and Mississippi produced
smoke plumes this evening.  Most of this smoke was light and moved to
the north and northeast.

Myrga






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.