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