DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2345Z November 16, 2014
SMOKE No significant areas of remnant smoke were seen this afternoon or evening. There were some smoke plumes associated with fires burning over portions of British Columbia and western Alberta. BLOWING DUST Southwest US and northern Mexico: Extensive areas of blowing dust were seen across several areas of northern Mexico and the Southwest US this afternoon and evening. Dust was moving to the west southwest over the Pacific from far northern Baja and southern California. Another area of light to moderate dust was blowing south from the deserts of far southern California around the Salton Sea and into the northern Gulf of California. A narrow plume of light dust was noted moving to the south over western Arizona near Kingman. Another area of dust was detected over northern Chihuahua and was moving to the south. Another dust plume was seen originating near the Rio Grand north of Laredo and was moving to the south into Mexico. 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