DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z November 11, 2012
Texas: Large amounts of blowing dust/sand originates along the western Texas/Mexico border. The blowing dust/sand begins around 1500Z and continues through sunset. The blowing dust/sand travels from northern Mexico through SE New Mexico and western Texas up to the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma. There is a smaller area of blowing dust that emanates from near the Grulla National Wildlife Refuge in eastern New Mexico and moves northeast. This area begins around 1630Z but within 2 hours is obscured by clouds. California: An area of blowing dust/sand originates southwest of the Salton Sea and moves to the west reaching the most southern Arizona border. The area begins around 2000Z and continues through sunset. Earlier Today: Central Plains: An area of blowing dust originating around 1530Z in eastern Colorado and the Panhandle of Oklahoma is moving northeast into western Kansas and southern Nebraska. The blowing dust is seen through 2145Z but then becomes obscured by clouds. -Salemi/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