DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0145Z April 24, 2016
SMOKE Central Plains to Mid Mississippi Valley The area of light remnant smoke that was detected this morning is no longer discernible in satellite imagery this evening. The smoke has become too diffuse and also mixed with clouds across the upper Midwest to be detected. Numerous fires (although fewer than yesterday) over the Flint Hills of eastern Kansas were producing a new round of light smoke. The prevailing low level winds are taking the smoke north into southeast Nebraska. BLOWING DUST Strong winds associated with a deep storm system near the Great Salt Lake have generated areas of blowing dust over the eastern portion of the Mohave desert. This area of dust was moving to the east southeast crossing into southwest Arizona by sunset. Another plume of blowing dust was seen originating near Lovelock in west central Nevada and moving to the southeast. 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