DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z June 15, 2014
SMOKE: Northwest Territories/Alberta/Saskatchewan/Nunavut: An area of remnant smoke is seen drifting over the border of Northwest Territories, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Nunavut. This smoke is most likely from the wildfires located between the Great Slave Lake and Lake Athabasca. Southeast Texas: A light to heavy density smoke plume is visible in southeastern Texas originating from a marsh fire south of Beaumont. The smoke is extending northward of the fire. BLOWING DUST: Gulf of Mexico: A general light area of blowing dust is currently moving over central and southern portions of the Gulf of Mexico. This dust has most likely been transported from the Sahara Desert. Southwestern U.S. into southern Plains: A handful of areas of blowing dust are seen throughout the southwestern U.S. Dust is moving eastward over eastern Arizona and New Mexico. An extension of this area of dust is seen elevated ranging across the Texas panhandle into southern Kansas. Another source area of dust is seen moving southward in southern Colorado. Lower level dust is also originating in southwestern Kansas near Dodge City moving northward ahead of a cold front. Heeps 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