DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1715Z October 03, 2013
No areas of remnant detached smoke were observed in satellite imagery this afternoon/evening. DUST Southwest US: Numerous areas of light blowing dust were observed over the southern half of California and western and southern Nevada. Much of the southern portion of the central valley in California had blowing dust mixed with haze that was drifting to the south and spilling over the Santa Ynez mountains into the Pacific. Other areas of light dust were also detected moving south from the Death Valley area and across the Mojave desert. In Nevada, there were point sources of dust from Carson Sink in northwest Nevada and also across the southern tip of the state. All of this dust was also moving to the south. Texas/Oklahoma/Kansas: A broad area of light blowing dust due to strong winds across the region was beings generated over the Texas Panhandle, western Oklahoma and western and central Kansas. This dust area was moving to the northeast. 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