DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z September 19, 2014
SMOKE Western U.S: An extensive area of heavy density smoke oriented southwest-northeast is visible across northern California, northern Nevada, Idaho, and western Montana. This plume is associated with the King wildfire, located east of Sacramento, CA which continues to emit heavy density smoke at this time. Central U.S: Light density remnant smoke is seen moving eastward over Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and far southeastern Colorado. This smoke is most likely associated with the King wildfire occurring in CA. DUST: Southern California: Blowing dust is visible moving eastward across and just north of the Salton Sea, currently reaching the CA/AZ border. This dust is originating from the Anza-Borrego Desert and areas just northwest of the Salton Sea in the Coachella Valley. 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