DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z December 19, 2012
Florida: An area of remnant smoke was visible moving eastward off the coast of southern Florida. Smoke likely originates from fires that were active today near Lake Okeechobee. Blowing Dust: Middle and Lower Mississippi Valley: Morning satellite imagery showed an area of blowing dust/sand moving eastward across Arkansas/southern Missouri. The area of blowing dust/sand continued to move eastward throughout the day and was visible moving across southern Illinois, western Kentucky, western Tennessee, and Mississippi this evening. This dust/sand likely originated from a large plume of blowing dust/sand located in West Texas yesterday. Southern California: A small plume of blowing dust was seen originating from a dry lake bed near Red Rock Canyon state park in east central Kern county. The dust began around 21Z and was moving to the east into San Bernardino county through sunset. LP 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