DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0215Z June 5, 2012
Southwestern United States: Whitewater-Baldy: Smoke from the Whitewater-Baldy fire moved northward this evening and covered much of Catron County, NM and southern portions of Apache County, AZ. Remnant smoke from this fire was viewed circulating around the desert southwest. Cloud cover to the east of the fire limited smoke detection. Utah/Nevada: Several wildfires in southern Utah, along with the White Rock fire in Lincoln County, NV, produced northward moving plumes of moderately dense smoke. Blowing dust in the United States: California: Areas of blowing sand/dust originated in Imperial County, CA southwest of the Salton Sea around 04/2345Z. This dust moved to the ESE through Imperial County. Utah/Idaho: The Bonneville Slat Flats and the desert areas west of the Salt Lake City produced plumes of blowing dust around 04/2015Z. The blowing dust moved northward into southern Idaho. Utah: Several areas of blowing dust began in Millard County near the mostly dry Sevier Lake bed around 04/2215Z. The dust plumes moved to the NNE. 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