Wednesday, September 3, 2014

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z September 4, 2014

SMOKE
Western U.S:
An extensive plume of light to heavy density smoke is visible extending
from the Happy Camp wildfire complex occurring in northern California. The
current smoke is moving southward over northern California and along the
California coastline, and remnant light to moderate density smoke extends
across southwestern North Dakota, southeastern Montana, western South
Dakota, Wyoming, southeastern Idaho, northern Utah, and northern Nevada.

Texas/Oklahoma:
An area of light density remnant smoke is moving eastward over far
northern Texas, the panhandle of Oklahoma, and southwestern Oklahoma. The
smoke most likely originates from wildfires occurring in New Mexico.

DUST:
A large area of blowing dust persists over central portions of the
U.S. The dust is seen lifting northward over Kansas, Nebraska, Arkansas,
Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota, and North Dakota. The dust is
most likely Saharan in origin.

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

 


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.