DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z June 03, 2014

SMOKE:
Southern Plains:
Two large areas of light-density smoke are visible across the southern
plains this evening. The first area extends across Nebraska, while
the second extends from southern Kansas as far south as central Texas
affecting Oklahoma as well. This  remnant smoke originates from the
agricultural fires that have been occurring the last 48 hours in Texas,
as well as the persistent Black River Tank wildfire in Arizona.

AEROSOLS:
Montana:
A heavy plume of unknown aerosols are visible in eastern Montana
circulating around a system of clouds. The plume extends just past the
Canadian border into Saskatchewan. Its possible the plume is a mixture
of blowing dust from Asia and smoke from Canada. The plume is visible
around 2300Z and continues until sunset.

BLOWING DUST:
Pacific Coast:
A large area of blowing dust is visible extending the US Pacific coast
from Washington to California. A general haze is seen in the western
regions of these states moving east  around sunset due to the large
amount of blowing dust traveling over the ocean from Asia. However,
numerous plumes separate to the haze are present near Lost Hills, CA
which are domestic in origin. The plumes are first visible at 0100Z and
continue past sunset.

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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.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/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.