Monday, January 13, 2014

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0030Z January 14, 2014

Dust/Sand:
Nebraska:
Small narrow WNW to ESE streamers/band-like features of thin to moderately
dense loose soils/dust and sand can be seen moving SE from sources along
the WY/NE state line and in Kimball, Cheyenne and S Banner county in
Nebraska.   This is mainly due to strong W katabatic  winds of 25-30kts.
Detection of this sand area started around 2032z after clouds moved
out but cloud cover, once again moved in and obscured detection further
downstream in NE CO or SW NE after 2215z, .

Colorado:
Similar katabatic winds have kicked up moderately dense dust/sand across
source regions on the southern side of the Arkansas River in SE Fremont
and Pueblo county starting around 1845Z.  This sand was moving ESE and
covered much of the southern side of the Arkansas River Valley out to
the KS state line until cloud cover began to obscure the area.

New Mexico:
A very small patch of very thin dust/sand could be seen kicked up around
1945Z in far NE Lincoln and rapidly moved across N Chaves county into
N Roosevelt/S Lea county before sunset.

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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.