DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1445Z May 2, 2013
Dust/Sand: A large area of thin dust/sand/pollutants from Asia can be seen moving SE across the northern Great Plains covering S Alberta, S Saskatchewan, the eastern half of MT, ND, SD and WY. Increased density “bands” are oriented transverse to the flow (SE-NW) particularly along the leading edge entering NE, SD, WY and far E MT. Smoke: The large fire in eastern Tehama county in Northern California, along the Mill Creek continues to emit moderately smoke moving due west into the northern valley. However, moderate to dense smoke from last night's emissions has moved west off the coast as well as due north where the most dense area is seen in a 20km wide E-W line from Eureka, CA along the southern boarder of Siskiyou and Modoc counties out to Likely, CA. Thinner smoke can be seen covering Mendocino, Sonoma and Lake counties. Gallina THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF 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