DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z June 18, 2012

Blowing Dust/Sand:
Areas of blowing dust/sand can be seen moving east across parts of
southern Oregon, northern California, western Nevada, southern Idaho
and western/central Idaho.  An unknown aerosol (possibly blowing dust)
can be seen moving into northern California, Oregon and moving into
southwestern Idaho and northern/central Nevada.

Colorado/Nebraska/Kansas/Oklahoma/Texas:
The High Park wildfire is producing a large area of moderately dense to
dense smoke moving east across northern Colorado, southwest Nebraska.
Lighter smoke is blowing east into northwest Kansas with northern edges
running across the border into Wyoming.

A wildfire burning in southeast Park County, Colorado is producing an
area of moderately dense to dense smoke moving southeast and extending
260 km to 275 km. The smoke is beginning to reach southwest Kansas,
and the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma.

Nevada:
A wildfire in White Pine County is emitting a large area of heavy smoke
extending well east into northern/central/eastern Utah.  The fire has
continue to grow throughout the day.

Earlier Today:

Carolinas:
A wildfire (uncontrolled prescribed burn) in the Croatan National Forest
in eastern North Carolina produced smoke overnight and throughout the
morning hours.  Smoke from this fire has moved south and extends offshore
as far south as Myrtle Beach, SC.

J Kibler


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.