DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z June 5, 2012
Southwestern United States: Smoke from the Whitewater-Baldy fire can be seen over much of central New Mexico today and through portions of west/southwest Texas. The entire area of light, remnant smoke is hard to visualize today due to the low pressure system spinning across that region making for cloudy conditions. More moderately dense smoke can be at the source point of the fire and in the nearby vicinity early this afternoon. Utah/Wyoming/Colorado: Several wildfires that were plotted yesterday through southern Utah have led to a rather large area of light, remnant smoke today from southern Wyoming through eastern Utah and western Colorado. Blowing dust in the United States: Utah/Nevada: A few separate areas of blowing dust can be seen through southwest Utah this morning and early afternoon moving to the north/northeast. Another area of blowing dust can be seen in extreme southern Nevada. This is in response to strong southerly/southwesterly winds ahead of a cold front through that region. Belge 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