DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z February 10, 2013
Blowing dust is seen in GOES EAST visible imagery beginning around 18Z through sunset at 23Z in southeast New Mexico, far west Texas, and in the north central part of Chihuahua, Mexico. A large portion of the dust originated from White Sands, New Mexico, though another major source of the dust is what has been picked up along a west to east moving frontal boundary that swept across Arizona yesterday. Currently the dust continues to stretch towards the northeast and is reaching as far north as the Oklahoma panhandle. The most dense dust observed this evening was located over El Paso, TX and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. There are no significant areas of detached smoke observed in visible satellite imagery this evening. From Earlier... New Mexico: An area of dust can be seen blowing to the northeast from the White Sands in New Mexico. This area of dust extends about 80 miles through Lincoln county and into central Guadaloupe county. Ramirez/Vogt 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