DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z November 17, 2013
BLOWING DUST: Oklahoma/Kansas/Missouri: There was just a hint of remnant light blowing dust over southeast Kansas, extreme northeast Oklahoma and into southwest Missouri in early visible imagery this morning. There may be more dust extending to the north northeast into north central Missouri but clouds hinder detection in this region. Colorado: A thin plume of light blowing dust was seen over northeast Colorado, originating near Akron and extending to the southeast on strong winds gusting to over 40 miles per hour. The plume started around 16Z and reached to near Burlington by 17Z. HAZE: An area of haze pollution, the likely source being oil rigs in the Bay of Campeche, was seen over the southwest Gulf of Mexico extending from the Bay of Campeche to the north northwest to an area just off the south coast of Texas. 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