DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0145Z September 21, 2013
Smoke: There were no areas of significant remnant smoke detected in satellite imagery this evening. The Rim fire in the California Sierra continues to produce light smoke that is drifting to the northeast into western Nevada. Numerous agricultural/prescribe fires were seen in central Kansas which produced several small plumes of smoke that drifted to the south. Dust: California/Nevada: Several plumes of blowing dust were detected over the region this evening. Point sources for the dust were observed just east of Susanville in Lassen county California, the Carson Sink south of Lovelock Nevada and the Alkali Lakes along the northern Nevada/California border. All of this light to locally moderate dust was moving to the east-northeast. Another area of blowing dust was seen in the northwest portion of Death Valley National Park and was moving to the north. Idaho: An area of light blowing dust was seen originating in the Snake River Valley in southwest Idaho and lifting to the northeast into the Sawtooth mountains. Ruminski 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