DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z September 25, 2014
SMOKE California to Montana: Smoke from the King wildfire in California east of Sacramento along with smoke from numerous other fires in northern Idaho and northwest Montana has spread across much of the region from northern California, across eastern Oregon, far southeast Washington, northern Idaho and northwest Montana. Areas of moderate to thick smoke were mostly confined to areas near the King wildfire west of the Nevada border and also from northeast Idaho into northwest Montana. Lower Mississippi Valley: A tremendous number of fires due to seasonal agricultural burning were seen from the Bootheel of southeast Missouri southward across eastern Arkansas, northeast Louisiana and western Mississippi. Collectively they have generated several areas of smoke that have congealed into a broader area of light to moderate smoke that was mostly moving to the west and northwest into central Arkansas and southeast Missouri. DUST Nevada: An area of light blowing dust was observed moving to the north northeast off of the dry lake beds and loose soils of northwest Nevada from late afternoon until sunset. Ruminski 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